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[the] [bedtime] [story-books] 

[the] [adventures] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

[by] 

[thornton] [w] [burgess] 

author of [the] [adventures] [of] [peter] [cottontail] [,] [old] [mother] [west] [wind] [,] [etc] [.] 
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[with] [illustrations] [by] [harrison] [cady] 

[boston] [little] [,] [brown] [,] [and] [company] 

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[[] [illustration] [:] [reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] [.] 

[frontispiece] [.] []] 

[contents] 

[chapter] 

[i] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] [ii] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] [iii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] [iv] [.] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] [v] [bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] [vi] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] [vii] [.] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] [viii] [.] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] [ix] [.] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] [x] [the] [runaway] [cabbage] [xi] [.] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] [xii] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] [xiii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] [xiv] [.] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] [xv] [.] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xvi] [.] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] [xvii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] [xviii] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] [xix] [.] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] [xx] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] [xxi] [.] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] [xxii] [.] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [xxiii] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] [xxiv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [xxv] [.] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

[list] [of] [illustrations] 

[reddy] [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] [had] [stuck] [a] [pin] [into] [him] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[my] [!] 

[such] [a] [rumpus] [as] [there] [was] [right] [away] [in] [that] [hollow] [tree] [!] 

" [what] [do] [you] [mean] ? " 
1 " 7 "
6 ? 7 "

[exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] 

[he] [just] [ate] [and] [ate] [and] [ate] [until] [he] [couldn't] [eat] [another] [one] 

[there] [all] [the] [way] [from] [farmer] [brown's] [hen-house] [,] [was] [a] [broad] [trail] [in] [the] [smooth] [white] [snow] 

" [yo] ['] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] " 
1 " 19 "

[i] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [caught] 

the [green] [meadows] [were] [thrown] [into] [great] [excitement] [late] [one] [afternoon] [,] [just] [as] [the] black shadows came creeping [down] [from] [the] [purple] [hills] [.] 
1 the 17 shadows
16 black 17 shadows
17 shadows 19 creeping
18 came 19 creeping

reddy [fox] brought the news , and when he told it he grinned as if he enjoyed it and was glad of it . 
1 reddy 13 grinned
3 brought 5 news
4 the 5 news
5 news 10 told
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 told
8 when 9 he
8 when 10 told
10 told 11 it
10 told 13 grinned
12 he 13 grinned
13 grinned 14 as
13 grinned 16 he
13 grinned 17 enjoyed
13 grinned 24 .
14 as 15 if
17 enjoyed 18 it
17 enjoyed 21 glad
17 enjoyed 23 it
18 it 20 was
19 and 20 was
21 glad 22 of

" [old] [billy] [possum] is dead . 
1 " 5 is
5 is 6 dead
6 dead 7 .

i know it [because] [i] [saw] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [carrying] him home [by] [the] [tail] , " said [reddy] . 
1 i 2 know
1 i 12 him
2 know 3 it
3 it 9 's
9 's 10 boy
12 him 21 .
13 home 17 ,
17 , 19 said
18 " 19 said
19 said 21 .

" [so] you see he [wasn't] [so] [smart] [as] you [thought] he [was] , " [he] [added] [maliciously] [.] 
1 " 3 you
1 " 10 you
3 you 4 see
4 see 5 he
10 you 15 "
12 he 14 ,
14 , 15 "

that is , [everybody] [but] [reddy] [fox] [said] so . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 9 so
2 is 10 .
3 , 9 so

reddy [said] [that] it [served] [unc] ['] [billy] right , [because] he was [of] [no] [account] [,] [anyway] . 
1 reddy 13 was
1 reddy 19 .
4 it 9 right
9 right 10 ,
10 , 12 he
12 he 13 was

then [everybody] [began] [to] [hoot] and [hiss] [at] [reddy] [until] he was glad enough to [slink] [away] [.] 
1 then 11 he
6 and 11 he
11 he 12 was
12 was 13 glad
13 glad 15 to
14 enough 15 to

and [while] they were [all] [saying] [such] [nice] [things] about [him] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [having] [an] [exciting] [adventure] . 
1 and 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 10 about
10 about 22 .

for once he had been too bold . 
1 for 2 once
2 once 7 bold
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 too
5 been 7 bold
7 bold 8 .

he had gone [up] to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [before] [dark] . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 gone
3 gone 5 to
3 gone 12 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [had] [tried] [to] [stop] [him] [,] [but] [he] [had] [heeded] [jimmy] [skunk] [not] [at] [all] [.] 

he had said that he was hungry and wanted an egg , and he couldn't wait till dark to get it . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 said
1 he 15 couldn't
4 that 15 couldn't
5 he 15 couldn't
6 was 7 hungry
7 hungry 8 and
7 hungry 11 egg
9 wanted 11 egg
10 an 11 egg
11 egg 12 ,
11 egg 15 couldn't
13 and 14 he
14 he 15 couldn't
15 couldn't 16 wait
15 couldn't 20 get
15 couldn't 21 it
15 couldn't 22 .
16 wait 17 till
16 wait 18 dark
19 to 20 get

so [off] he had [started] , for [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [very] [headstrong] [and] [obstinate] [.] 
1 so 3 he
3 he 4 had
4 had 7 for
6 , 7 for

he had reached the hen-house and slipped inside without being seen . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 11 seen
3 reached 4 the
3 reached 5 hen-house
5 hen-house 6 and
5 hen-house 7 slipped
5 hen-house 8 inside
5 hen-house 10 being
5 hen-house 11 seen
9 without 10 being
11 seen 12 .

the nests were full of eggs [,] [and] [soon] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [enjoying] [his] [feast] [so] [that] [he] [forgot] [to] [keep] [watch] [.] 
1 the 2 nests
2 nests 4 full
2 nests 6 eggs
3 were 4 full
4 full 5 of

suddenly the [door] [opened] [,] [and] [in] [stepped] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [to] [get] [some] [eggs] [for] [supper] [.] 
1 suddenly 2 the

there was no time to run . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 no
3 no 4 time
4 time 5 to
5 to 6 run
6 run 7 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [just] [dropped] [right] [down] [in] [his] [tracks] [as] [if] [he] [were] [dead] [.] 

when [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] saw him , he didn't know what to [make] [of] him , [for] he had never seen [unc] ['] [billy] before . 
1 when 6 saw
1 when 9 he
6 saw 7 him
7 him 8 ,
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 know
11 know 12 what
11 know 27 .
13 to 16 him
16 him 19 he
17 , 19 he
19 he 20 had
20 had 22 seen
21 never 22 seen
22 seen 26 before
26 before 27 .

" he certainly is dead enough , whatever killed him . 
1 " 3 certainly
2 he 3 certainly
3 certainly 9 killed
4 is 5 dead
5 dead 8 whatever
6 enough 8 whatever
7 , 8 whatever
8 whatever 9 killed
9 killed 10 him
10 him 11 .

i wonder what he was doing in here [.] ["] 
1 i 2 wonder
2 wonder 3 what
3 what 6 doing
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 doing
6 doing 7 in
6 doing 8 here

then he saw [some] [egg] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [lips] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 saw

" [ho] ! ho ! " [shouted] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 6 "
4 ho 5 !
5 ! 6 "

" so you are the thief who has been getting my eggs ! " 
1 " 6 thief
2 so 3 you
3 you 4 are
4 are 6 thief
5 the 6 thief
6 thief 12 eggs
6 thief 13 !
7 who 8 has
8 has 9 been
8 has 12 eggs
10 getting 11 my
10 getting 12 eggs
13 ! 14 "

and [picking] [up] [unc] ['] [billy] [by] [the] [tail] [,] [he] [started] [with] him for the house . 
1 and 14 him
14 him 18 .
15 for 16 the
16 the 17 house
17 house 18 .

when he [turned] [to] [pick] [up] [unc] ['] [billy] [again] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] wasn't there . 
1 when 2 he
2 he 15 wasn't
15 wasn't 16 there
16 there 17 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [dropped] his [wood] [and] [hunted] [everywhere] [,] [but] [not] [a] [trace] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [could] [he] [find] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 6 his
6 his 23 .

[ii] 

[reddy] [fox] [thinks] [he] [sees] [a] [ghost] 

[reddy] [fox] [came] [down] [the] [lone] [little] [path] [through] [the] [green] [forest] [on] [his] [way] [to] [the] [green] [meadows] [.] 

he had brushed his red coat until it shone . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 brushed
3 brushed 6 coat
3 brushed 7 until
3 brushed 9 shone
4 his 6 coat
5 red 6 coat
7 until 8 it
9 shone 10 .

his white waistcoat was spotless , and he carried his big tail high in the air , that it might not become soiled . 
1 his 3 waistcoat
2 white 3 waistcoat
3 waistcoat 5 spotless
4 was 5 spotless
5 spotless 6 ,
5 spotless 7 and
5 spotless 8 he
5 spotless 9 carried
9 carried 12 tail
9 carried 13 high
9 carried 23 soiled
9 carried 24 .
10 his 12 tail
11 big 12 tail
13 high 16 air
14 in 16 air
15 the 16 air
17 , 23 soiled
18 that 20 might
19 it 20 might
20 might 23 soiled
21 not 23 soiled
22 become 23 soiled

reddy was feeling as fine as he looked . 
1 reddy 3 feeling
1 reddy 8 looked
1 reddy 9 .
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 4 as
3 feeling 5 fine
6 as 7 he
7 he 8 looked

if there is one thing [that] [reddy] [fox] [dislikes] [more] [than] [another] [,] it is [being] [laughed] [at] [.] 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
2 there 4 one
4 one 5 thing
5 thing 15 is
14 it 15 is

reddy chuckled at his thoughts , and what do you think he was thinking about ? 
1 reddy 2 chuckled
2 chuckled 3 at
2 chuckled 5 thoughts
2 chuckled 8 what
2 chuckled 12 he
4 his 5 thoughts
5 thoughts 7 and
6 , 7 and
8 what 9 do
9 do 10 you
9 do 11 think
12 he 13 was
13 was 14 thinking
14 thinking 15 about
15 about 16 ?

why , [about] [how] he had seen [farmer] [brown] 's boy [carrying] [off] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [by] [the] [tail] [the] [afternoon] [before] [.] 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 5 he
1 why 10 's
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 seen
10 's 11 boy

of course [unc] ['] [billy] was dead . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 8 .
6 was 7 dead
7 dead 8 .

there could be no doubt about it . 
1 there 3 be
1 there 5 doubt
2 could 3 be
4 no 5 doubt
5 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 it
7 it 8 .

and [reddy] [was] [glad] [of] it . 
1 and 6 it
6 it 7 .

yes , [sir] [,] [reddy] was [glad] [of] it . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 6 was
1 yes 9 it
9 it 10 .

reddy [remembered] [that] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [hollow] [tree] was not [far] [away] . 
1 reddy 10 was
10 was 11 not
11 not 14 .

he would go [over] [that] [way] [,] just to [have] [another] look at [it] . 
1 he 2 would
1 he 8 just
2 would 3 go
8 just 12 look
9 to 12 look
12 look 13 at
13 at 15 .

so over he went . 
1 so 4 went
2 over 4 went
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 .

it was [reddy] 's [turn] [to] [grin] [now] [.] 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 's

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] he 's gone [before] ! 
1 " 7 he
1 " 8 's
1 " 11 !
9 gone 11 !

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] 

[bill] [was] [a] [scamp] [,] [sir] [;] [bill] [was] [a] [thief] [!] 

[bill] [stole] [an] [egg] [,] [sir] [;] [bill] [came] [to] [grief] [.] 

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [it] [served] [him] [right] [;] [and] [he] [is] [no] [more] [,] [for] [he] [died] [last] [night] [.] ["] 

" very good , [sah] [,] [very] [good] [.] 
1 " 4 ,
2 very 3 good
3 good 4 ,

reddy [fox] [sprang] [up] [as] [if] [some] [one] had [stuck] a [pin] [into] [him] [.] 
1 reddy 9 had
9 had 11 a

every hair stood on [end] [,] [as] [he] [looked] [up] [at] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [doorway] [.] 
1 every 2 hair
2 hair 3 stood
3 stood 4 on

then his teeth began to chatter with fright . 
1 then 6 chatter
2 his 3 teeth
3 teeth 6 chatter
4 began 5 to
4 began 6 chatter
6 chatter 8 fright
7 with 8 fright
8 fright 9 .

looking [out] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [doorway] [and] [grinning] [down] at him [was] [something] [that] looked [for] [all] [the] [world] like [unc] ['] [billy] [himself] . 
1 looking 12 at
1 looking 13 him
13 him 27 .
17 looked 22 like
22 like 27 .

reddy never once looked back . 
1 reddy 4 looked
2 never 3 once
2 never 4 looked
4 looked 5 back
5 back 6 .

" how did [ah] do it ? 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 did
2 how 5 do
5 do 6 it
5 do 7 ?

why , [ah] [just] [pretended] [ah] [was] [daid] [,] [when] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [caught] [me] [,] " [explained] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 18 "

" of course he ['] [wouldn't] [kill] [a] [daid] [possum] [.] 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 4 he

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grinned] [broader] [than] [ever] [,] [and] [jimmy] [skunk] [grinned] [,] [too] [.] 

[iii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sends] [for] [his] [family] 

everybody [hastened] [to] [pay] [their] [respects] [,] that is [everybody] [but] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 everybody 9 is
8 that 9 is

[thereafter] [whenever] [one] [of] [them] [caught] [sight] [of] [reddy] [fox] [at] [a] [safe] [distance] [,] [he] [would] [shout] [:] 

" [ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] he 's gone [before] ! 
1 " 7 he
1 " 8 's
1 " 11 !
9 gone 11 !

[ol] ['] [bill] [possum] [,] [he] [is] [no] [more] [!] ["] 

and [of] [course] [reddy] [fox] [hated] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] more than ever . 
1 and 11 more
11 more 12 than
12 than 13 ever
12 than 14 .

but [unc] ' [billy] [didn't] [care] [,] [not] he [!] 
1 but 9 he
3 ' 9 he

but in spite of all his friends [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [lonesome] . 
1 but 3 spite
2 in 3 spite
3 spite 4 of
3 spite 5 all
3 spite 6 his
6 his 7 friends
7 friends 14 .

finally he [told] [jimmy] [skunk] [all] [about] [it] [,] [and] [for] [once] [unc] ['] [billy] had [forgotten] [how] to [grin] . 
1 finally 2 he
2 he 16 had
16 had 19 to
19 to 21 .

yes , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [forgotten] [how] [to] [grin] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

instead he just wept , wept great big tears of lonesomeness . 
1 instead 4 wept
2 he 4 wept
3 just 4 wept
4 wept 5 ,
4 wept 11 lonesomeness
6 wept 11 lonesomeness
7 great 11 lonesomeness
8 big 11 lonesomeness
9 tears 11 lonesomeness
10 of 11 lonesomeness
11 lonesomeness 12 .

" ah [reckon] [ah] 'll have to go back to [ol] ' [virginny] , [ah] [cert'nly] do , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 " 20 said
2 ah 5 'll
2 ah 12 '
5 'll 6 have
6 have 7 to
7 to 8 go
8 go 9 back
9 back 10 to
12 ' 20 said
14 , 20 said
17 do 19 "
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 25 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [grew] [very] [thoughtful] [.] 

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [talking] [about] [going] [away] [.] 
1 now 5 was

jimmy thought very hard . 
1 jimmy 3 very
1 jimmy 5 .
2 thought 3 very
3 very 4 hard

then he had a bright idea . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 had
3 had 6 idea
4 a 5 bright
5 bright 6 idea
6 idea 7 .

" [why] not [send] [for] [your] [family] to come here [and] [live] [in] [the] [green] [forest] , [uncle] [billy] [?] " he asked . 
1 " 10 here
3 not 8 to
3 not 9 come
9 come 10 here
10 here 17 ,
17 , 21 "
21 " 23 asked
22 he 23 asked
23 asked 24 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [stopped] [crying] [.] 

his two little eyes looked up sharply . 
1 his 4 eyes
2 two 3 little
2 two 4 eyes
4 eyes 5 looked
5 looked 6 up
5 looked 7 sharply
7 sharply 8 .

" how do [yo'all] [reckon] [ah] [can] [send] [word] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 how
2 how 3 do
3 do 10 ?
10 ? 11 "
10 ? 12 he
10 ? 13 asked
13 asked 14 .

jimmy scratched his head . 
1 jimmy 2 scratched
2 scratched 3 his
2 scratched 4 head
4 head 5 .

" there 's [mr] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] [;] [he] 's [fixing] [to] [go] [south] [.] 
1 " 10 's
2 there 3 's
2 there 10 's

perhaps he 'll take the message to your family , " said he . 
1 perhaps 2 he
1 perhaps 3 'll
1 perhaps 6 message
1 perhaps 13 he
3 'll 4 take
5 the 6 message
6 message 7 to
6 message 9 family
8 your 9 family
9 family 11 "
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
13 he 14 .

" the very thing ! " cried [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [,] [wiping] his eyes . 
1 " 7 cried
2 the 4 thing
3 very 4 thing
4 thing 7 cried
5 ! 6 "
5 ! 7 cried
7 cried 16 .
14 his 15 eyes
15 eyes 16 .

" [ah] [thanks] yo ' , [sah] [.] 
1 " 4 yo
4 yo 5 '
5 ' 6 ,

ah does , indeed . 
1 ah 2 does
1 ah 3 ,
3 , 4 indeed
4 indeed 5 .

[ah] ['ll] [see] [mistah] [skimmer] [at] [once] [.] ["] 

and [without] [another] [word] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [started] [down] [the] [crooked] [little] [path] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] to look [for] [skimmer] [the] [swallow] . 
1 and 20 look
19 to 20 look
20 look 25 .

[iv] 

[bobby] [coon] [enters] [the] [wrong] [house] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [isn't] [any] [too] [fond] [of] [work] [.] 

but getting ready to receive his family was different . 
1 but 9 different
2 getting 3 ready
3 ready 5 receive
4 to 5 receive
5 receive 6 his
5 receive 7 family
5 receive 9 different
8 was 9 different
9 different 10 .

no one else could arrange things to suit him . 
1 no 2 one
2 one 3 else
3 else 5 arrange
3 else 10 .
4 could 5 arrange
5 arrange 6 things
5 arrange 7 to
5 arrange 8 suit
5 arrange 9 him

this [was] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [own] [job] , and [he] [tended] [right] [to] it [every] [minute] [of] the day . 
1 this 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 it
10 and 19 the
19 the 20 day
20 day 21 .

first of all he had to clean house . 
1 first 2 of
1 first 5 had
1 first 7 clean
2 of 3 all
4 he 5 had
6 to 7 clean
7 clean 8 house
8 house 9 .

he had been keeping bachelor's hall so long in the big hollow tree that things were not very tidy . 
1 he 5 bachelor's
2 had 5 bachelor's
3 been 5 bachelor's
4 keeping 5 bachelor's
5 bachelor's 6 hall
5 bachelor's 7 so
5 bachelor's 8 long
5 bachelor's 9 in
5 bachelor's 10 the
5 bachelor's 11 big
11 big 13 tree
12 hollow 13 tree
13 tree 14 that
13 tree 19 tidy
15 things 16 were
15 things 19 tidy
17 not 19 tidy
18 very 19 tidy
19 tidy 20 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [cleaned] [house] , and [while] he [worked] [he] [whistled] [and] [sang] [.] 
1 so 10 he
7 , 8 and
7 , 10 he

peter [rabbit] , [passing] [that] [way] [,] [overheard] [unc] ' [billy] [singing] [:] 
1 peter 3 ,
3 , 10 '

" [mah] [ol] ' [woman] is [away] [down] [souf] [come] [along] ! 
1 " 12 !
4 ' 6 is
4 ' 12 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

[ain't] [nothin] ['] [sharper] [than] [the] [tongue] [in] [her] [mouf] [come] [along] [!] 

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

" [mah] [pickaninnies] [am] [a-headin] ' [dis] [way] [come] [along] ! 
1 " 11 !
6 ' 11 !

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

[daddy] [am] [a-watchin] ['] [fo] ['] ['] [em] [day] [by] [day] [come] [along] [!] 

come along ! 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !

come along ! " 
1 come 2 along
1 come 3 !
3 ! 4 "

every little [while] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [would] [sit] [down] [to] [rest] [,] [for] [he] [wasn't] [used] [to] [so] [much] [real] [work] [.] 
1 every 2 little

the more he thought about it , the more he wanted that egg . 
1 the 13 egg
2 more 11 wanted
3 he 4 thought
3 he 11 wanted
4 thought 5 about
4 thought 9 more
5 about 6 it
5 about 7 ,
5 about 8 the
10 he 11 wanted
11 wanted 13 egg
12 that 13 egg
13 egg 14 .

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [hardly] [out] [of] [sight] [when] [along] [came] [bobby] [coon] [.] 
1 now 5 was

anyway , [when] [he] [reached] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] [,] [he] [began] [to] [climb] [up] [it] [just] [as] [if] [it] [were] [his] [own] [.] 
1 anyway 2 ,

he looked [in] at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] door . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 4 at
4 at 9 door
9 door 10 .

there was the most comfortable bed that he had seen for a long time . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 most
3 the 4 most
4 most 5 comfortable
4 most 10 seen
4 most 14 time
5 comfortable 6 bed
7 that 9 had
8 he 9 had
9 had 10 seen
11 for 14 time
12 a 13 long
13 long 14 time
14 time 15 .

he looked this way and he looked that way . 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 9 way
3 this 4 way
3 this 9 way
4 way 5 and
6 he 7 looked
7 looked 9 way
8 that 9 way
9 way 10 .

nobody was in sight . 
1 nobody 4 sight
2 was 4 sight
3 in 4 sight
4 sight 5 .

then he looked [in] at [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [door] once more . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 5 at
5 at 11 once
11 once 12 more
12 more 13 .

that bed certainly did look soft and comfortable . 
1 that 8 comfortable
2 bed 8 comfortable
3 certainly 4 did
3 certainly 8 comfortable
4 did 5 look
6 soft 8 comfortable
7 and 8 comfortable
8 comfortable 9 .

[bobby] [coon] [chuckled] [to] [himself] [.] 

" [i] [believe] [i] ['ll] [just] [see] if that bed is [as] [comfortable] [as] it [looks] , " said he . 
1 " 11 is
1 " 19 said
8 if 11 is
9 that 10 bed
9 that 11 is
15 it 17 ,
17 , 19 said
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
19 said 21 .

and [two] [minutes] [later] [bobby] [coon] [was] [curled] up [fast] [asleep] [in] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [bed] . 
1 and 9 up
9 up 19 .

[v] 

[bobby] [coon] [is] [waked] [up] 

" [dey] 's [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [,] [dey's] [a-coming] [mighty] [soon] [.] 
1 " 3 's

but dey can't come soon enuff fo ' me ! 
1 but 6 enuff
2 dey 6 enuff
3 can't 6 enuff
4 come 6 enuff
5 soon 6 enuff
6 enuff 7 fo
6 enuff 9 me
6 enuff 10 !
7 fo 8 '

dey 's a-coming , dey's [a-coming] [at] [de] [turning] [ob] [de] [moon] [,] [whar] [ah] [waits] [in] [mah] [ol] ['] [holler] [tree] [!] ["] 
1 dey 3 a-coming
2 's 3 a-coming
3 a-coming 5 dey's
4 , 5 dey's

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] [singing] [to] [himself] [,] [as] [he] [slowly] [trudged] [home] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 

he was feeling very [good] , very good indeed , was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 11 was
2 was 3 feeling
3 feeling 9 indeed
4 very 9 indeed
6 , 9 indeed
7 very 9 indeed
8 good 9 indeed
9 indeed 10 ,
11 was 16 .

so he trudged along and sang in a funny , cracked voice . 
1 so 9 funny
2 he 3 trudged
3 trudged 4 along
3 trudged 6 sang
3 trudged 7 in
3 trudged 9 funny
5 and 6 sang
8 a 9 funny
9 funny 10 ,
9 funny 11 cracked
11 cracked 12 voice
12 voice 13 .

presently he came to his big hollow tree and started to climb up to the door of his house . 
1 presently 2 he
1 presently 3 came
1 presently 7 hollow
3 came 4 to
5 his 6 big
6 big 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
7 hollow 12 climb
9 and 10 started
10 started 12 climb
11 to 12 climb
12 climb 13 up
12 climb 16 door
14 to 16 door
15 the 16 door
16 door 19 house
16 door 20 .
17 of 19 house
18 his 19 house

half way up he broke off short in the middle of his song and sat down on a convenient branch . 
1 half 2 way
1 half 5 broke
2 way 3 up
2 way 4 he
5 broke 6 off
5 broke 10 middle
7 short 10 middle
8 in 10 middle
9 the 10 middle
10 middle 11 of
10 middle 13 song
12 his 13 song
13 song 19 convenient
14 and 15 sat
15 sat 16 down
15 sat 17 on
15 sat 19 convenient
18 a 19 convenient
19 convenient 20 branch
20 branch 21 .

he put one ear against the trunk of the tree and listened . 
1 he 12 listened
2 put 4 ear
3 one 4 ear
4 ear 7 trunk
4 ear 12 listened
5 against 7 trunk
6 the 7 trunk
7 trunk 8 of
7 trunk 10 tree
9 the 10 tree
11 and 12 listened
12 listened 13 .

then he put the other ear against the tree and listened . 
1 then 2 he
2 he 11 listened
3 put 6 ear
4 the 5 other
5 other 6 ear
6 ear 7 against
6 ear 11 listened
7 against 9 tree
8 the 9 tree
10 and 11 listened
11 listened 12 .

there certainly was a funny noise , and it seemed to come from right inside his hollow tree . 
1 there 2 certainly
1 there 3 was
1 there 4 a
4 a 6 noise
4 a 18 tree
5 funny 6 noise
6 noise 8 and
6 noise 10 seemed
7 , 8 and
9 it 10 seemed
10 seemed 11 to
12 come 13 from
13 from 18 tree
14 right 17 hollow
15 inside 16 his
15 inside 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [turned] [and] [looked] [up] [at] [his] [doorway] [,] [scratching] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [with] [one] [hand] [.] 

" [mah] goodness ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] , " it [cert'nly] [sounds] [like] [there] was [somebody] in [mah] [house] ! " 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !
4 ! 5 "
4 ! 6 said
6 said 10 ,
10 , 23 "
11 " 12 it
11 " 22 !
12 it 17 was
17 was 19 in
22 ! 23 "

then [very] [softly] [unc] ['] [billy] [crept] up [to] [his] [doorway] [and] [peeped] [in.] 
1 then 8 up

but if he couldn't see , he could hear . 
1 but 8 could
2 if 8 could
3 he 4 couldn't
3 he 8 could
4 couldn't 5 see
6 , 7 he
7 he 8 could
8 could 9 hear
9 hear 10 .

oh , yes , indeed , [unc] ' [billy] [could] [hear] [perfectly] well , and what he heard was a snore ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 yes
1 oh 6 ,
1 oh 16 what
3 yes 4 ,
3 yes 5 indeed
6 , 8 '
8 ' 13 well
13 well 14 ,
14 , 15 and
16 what 21 snore
17 he 18 heard
18 heard 21 snore
19 was 21 snore
20 a 21 snore
21 snore 22 !

there was [some] [one] [in] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [house] [,] [and] [more] [than] that , they were [fast] [asleep] in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] bed . 
1 there 2 was
2 was 15 that
15 that 17 they
16 , 17 they
17 they 18 were
18 were 21 in
21 in 26 bed
26 bed 27 .

" [mah] goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

mah goodness ! " exclaimed [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] , and his [two] [sharp] [little] eyes [began] [to] [snap] . 
1 mah 2 goodness
2 goodness 3 !
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 his
12 his 16 eyes
16 eyes 20 .

then he stuck his head in at the door and shouted : 
1 then 2 he
1 then 12 :
2 he 3 stuck
3 stuck 5 head
3 stuck 6 in
3 stuck 9 door
4 his 5 head
7 at 9 door
8 the 9 door
9 door 10 and
11 shouted 12 :

" hi , yo'all ! 
1 " 2 hi
2 hi 3 ,
2 hi 4 yo'all
2 hi 5 !

what yo ' doing in mah house ? " 
1 what 2 yo
1 what 8 ?
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 6 mah
4 doing 6 mah
5 in 6 mah
6 mah 7 house
8 ? 9 "

the only answer was another snore . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 another 6 snore
6 snore 7 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [waited] [a] [minute] [.] 

then he put his head in once more . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 put
1 then 7 once
3 put 5 head
3 put 6 in
4 his 5 head
7 once 8 more
8 more 9 .

the only answer was a snore louder than before . 
1 the 2 only
2 only 6 snore
3 answer 6 snore
4 was 6 snore
5 a 6 snore
6 snore 7 louder
6 snore 9 before
6 snore 10 .
7 louder 8 than

then [unc] ['] [billy] [quite] [lost] his [temper] [.] 
1 then 7 his

some one who had no [business] [there] [was] [in] [his] [house] [!] 
1 some 2 one
2 one 3 who
3 who 4 had
4 had 5 no

he didn't know who it was , and he didn't care . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 know
2 didn't 11 care
3 know 4 who
4 who 6 was
5 it 6 was
7 , 8 and
7 , 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 care
11 care 12 .

they were going to come out or he would know why not . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 9 would
2 were 3 going
3 going 4 to
3 going 6 out
5 come 6 out
7 or 9 would
8 he 9 would
9 would 12 not
10 know 11 why
11 why 12 not
12 not 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [gritted] [his] [teeth] [and] [in] [he] [went] [.] 

my ! my ! my ! such a rumpus as there was right away in that hollow tree ! 
1 my 9 rumpus
2 ! 9 rumpus
3 my 9 rumpus
4 ! 9 rumpus
5 my 9 rumpus
6 ! 9 rumpus
7 such 9 rumpus
8 a 9 rumpus
9 rumpus 10 as
9 rumpus 11 there
9 rumpus 12 was
9 rumpus 13 right
9 rumpus 14 away
9 rumpus 15 in
15 in 17 hollow
16 that 17 hollow
17 hollow 18 tree
18 tree 19 !

peter [rabbit] [happened] [to] [be] [coming] [along] [that] [way] [and] heard it . 
1 peter 11 heard
11 heard 12 it
12 it 13 .

peter stopped and gazed at the hollow tree with eyes and mouth wide open . 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 4 gazed
3 and 4 gazed
4 gazed 5 at
4 gazed 7 hollow
6 the 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
7 hollow 13 wide
7 hollow 15 .
9 with 10 eyes
10 eyes 11 and
10 eyes 13 wide
12 mouth 13 wide
13 wide 14 open

such a snarling and growling ! 
1 such 2 a
1 such 3 snarling
3 snarling 4 and
3 snarling 5 growling
3 snarling 6 !

then out of the doorway began to fly leaves and moss . 
1 then 2 out
2 out 3 of
2 out 5 doorway
4 the 5 doorway
5 doorway 11 moss
5 doorway 12 .
6 began 7 to
6 began 11 moss
8 fly 11 moss
9 leaves 10 and
9 leaves 11 moss

they were [part] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [bed] . 
1 they 2 were
2 were 10 .

then [peter] [saw] [a] [big] [ringed] [tail] [hanging] out [of] [the] [doorway] . 
1 then 9 out
9 out 13 .

peter recognized it right away . 
1 peter 2 recognized
2 recognized 3 it
2 recognized 4 right
4 right 5 away
5 away 6 .

no one [possessed] [a] [tail] [like] [that] but [bobby] [coon] . 
1 no 2 one
1 no 8 but
1 no 11 .

in [a] [minute] [bobby] [followed] his tail [,] [hastily] [backing] [down] [the] [tree] . 
1 in 6 his
6 his 7 tail
7 tail 14 .

then [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [sharp] [little] [old] [face] [appeared] [at] the [doorway] [.] 
1 then 12 the

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [down] [at] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [grinned] [.] 

" ah [guess] [mistah] [coon] done make a mistake when he went to bed in mah house , " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 16 mah
6 done 16 mah
7 make 9 mistake
8 a 9 mistake
9 mistake 14 bed
10 when 11 he
10 when 12 went
12 went 14 bed
13 to 14 bed
14 bed 16 mah
15 in 16 mah
16 mah 17 house
16 mah 19 "
18 , 19 "
19 " 20 said
20 said 21 he
20 said 22 .

and [bobby] [coon] [sheepishly] [admitted] that he did . 
1 and 7 he
6 that 7 he
7 he 8 did
8 did 9 .

[vi] 

[sammy] [jay] [learns] [peter] [rabbit's] [secret] 

" [i] 'm [mr] [jaybird] [,] [tee-hee-hee] ! 
1 " 3 'm
1 " 8 !

i 'm [mr] [jaybird] [;] you watch me ! 
1 i 2 'm
1 i 6 you
6 you 8 me
7 watch 8 me
8 me 9 !

you ['ve] [got] [to] [rise] ' [fore] [break] [of] [day] [if] you want to [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 you 20 "
6 ' 12 you
12 you 13 want
13 want 14 to
14 to 19 .
19 . 20 "

over [and] [over] [sammy] [jay] [hummed] [this] , as he [brushed] [his] [handsome] [blue] and [white] [coat] [.] 
1 over 15 and
8 , 10 he
8 , 15 and
9 as 10 he

when [peter] [goes] [about] [whispering] [,] it 's a [sure] [sign] that he ['s] got a [secret] [.] 
1 when 13 he
1 when 15 got
7 it 8 's
7 it 12 that
8 's 9 a
12 that 13 he
15 got 16 a

he [thinks] that [he] [can] [keep] [it] [from] [me] [,] [but] [he] [can't] [.] 
1 he 3 that

oh , my , no ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 my
1 oh 4 ,
1 oh 5 no
1 oh 6 !

i never knew of a secret that could be kept by [more] [than] [two] [people] [,] [and] already [i] ['ve] [seen] [peter] [whisper] [to] [five] . 
1 i 2 never
2 never 3 knew
3 knew 6 secret
3 knew 7 that
3 knew 11 by
3 knew 18 already
4 of 5 a
5 a 6 secret
7 that 8 could
8 could 9 be
9 be 10 kept
18 already 26 .

i 'll [just] see what [reddy] [fox] [knows] about it . " 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 4 see
4 see 5 what
5 what 9 about
9 about 10 it
10 it 11 .
11 . 12 "

with a [flirt] [of] his [tail] [sammy] [jay] [started] [for] [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [where] [reddy] [fox] [was] [busy] [hunting] [for] [his] [breakfast] [.] 
1 with 2 a
1 with 5 his

" it 's a [fine] morning , [reddy] [fox] [,] " said [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 11 "
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
6 morning 7 ,
7 , 11 "
11 " 12 said
12 said 15 .

" [it] [would] [be] [finer] [,] if [i] [could] [fill] my [stomach] [faster] , " replied [reddy] . 
1 " 7 if
1 " 16 replied
11 my 14 ,
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 18 .

" that 's a [pretty] good [secret] [of] [peter] [rabbit] 's , isn't it ? " [asked] [sammy] [,] [pretending] [to] [look] [very] [wise] [.] 
1 " 11 's
1 " 16 "
2 that 3 's
2 that 11 's
3 's 6 good
4 a 6 good
12 , 13 isn't
13 isn't 14 it
13 isn't 15 ?
15 ? 16 "

reddy pricked up his sharp little ears . 
1 reddy 2 pricked
2 pricked 3 up
2 pricked 4 his
2 pricked 5 sharp
2 pricked 7 ears
5 sharp 6 little
7 ears 8 .

" what secret ? " he demanded . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 4 ?
3 secret 4 ?
4 ? 5 "
4 ? 7 demanded
6 he 7 demanded
7 demanded 8 .

blacky knew nothing about [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] [,] [nor] [did] [shadow] the [weasel] [,] [whom] [he] [met] [by] [the] [way] [.] 
1 blacky 2 knew
2 knew 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 about
4 about 13 the

but [sammy] [jay] was not in the least bit discouraged . 
1 but 10 discouraged
4 was 10 discouraged
5 not 9 bit
6 in 7 the
6 in 8 least
8 least 9 bit
9 bit 10 discouraged
10 discouraged 11 .

" [i] 'll [try] [johnny] [chuck] [;] he ['ll] [know] , " said [sammy] to himself . 
1 " 3 'll
1 " 13 said
8 he 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 said
13 said 16 himself
13 said 17 .
15 to 16 himself

he found [johnny] [sitting] [on] his [doorstep] [,] [watching] [the] [world] [go] [by] . 
1 he 2 found
1 he 6 his
6 his 14 .

" good morning , [johnny] [chuck] [,] " said [sammy] , [with] [a] [low] [bow] . 
1 " 8 "
2 good 3 morning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 11 ,
9 said 16 .

" good morning , " replied [johnny] [chuck] [,] [who] [always] [is] [polite] . 
1 " 6 replied
2 good 3 morning
2 good 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 replied
6 replied 14 .

" [isn't] that [a] [fine] [secret] [of] [peter] [rabbit] 's ? " exclaimed [sammy] , just as if he knew all about it . 
1 " 10 's
1 " 13 exclaimed
3 that 10 's
11 ? 12 "
11 ? 13 exclaimed
13 exclaimed 24 .
15 , 19 he
16 just 17 as
17 as 18 if
17 as 19 he
19 he 20 knew
20 knew 22 about
21 all 22 about
22 about 23 it
23 it 24 .

[johnny] [chuck] [raised] [his] [eyebrows] [and] [put] [on] [the] [most] [surprised] [look] [.] 

" do tell me what it is ! " he begged . 
1 " 2 do
2 do 3 tell
3 tell 4 me
3 tell 5 what
3 tell 11 begged
5 what 7 is
6 it 7 is
8 ! 9 "
8 ! 11 begged
10 he 11 begged
11 begged 12 .

and [as] he [flew] [,] [he] said to [himself] : " [johnny] [chuck] can't fool me [;] [he] [does] [know] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [secret] . ["] 
1 and 3 he
3 he 7 said
7 said 10 :
7 said 25 .
8 to 10 :
11 " 14 can't
14 can't 15 fool
15 fool 16 me
16 me 25 .

over in the [green] [forest] [he] [found] [drummer] the [woodpecker] [making] [a] [great] [racket] [on] [the] [hollow] [limb] [of] [an] [old] [chestnut] [.] 
1 over 9 the
2 in 3 the
2 in 9 the

sammy sat down near by and listened . 
1 sammy 2 sat
2 sat 3 down
2 sat 5 by
2 sat 7 listened
4 near 5 by
6 and 7 listened
7 listened 8 .

" my , that 's fine ! 
1 " 7 !
2 my 3 ,
2 my 7 !
4 that 5 's
5 's 6 fine
6 fine 7 !

i wish [i] could do that . 
1 i 2 wish
1 i 5 do
2 wish 4 could
5 do 6 that
5 do 7 .

you must be [practising] , " said [sammy] [at] the [end] of [a] [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] . 
1 you 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 16 .
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 said
7 said 10 the
10 the 12 of
12 of 16 .

[drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [felt] [very] [much] [flattered] [.] 

" [i] [am] , " said he . 
1 " 4 ,
4 , 5 "
5 " 6 said
6 said 7 he
6 said 8 .

" [i] ['m] [practising] [for] [peter] [rabbit] 's [party] . " 
1 " 8 's
1 " 11 "
10 . 11 "

" [i] thought [so] , " replied [sammy] [jay] . 
1 " 7 replied
3 thought 5 ,
5 , 6 "
6 " 7 replied
7 replied 10 .

of course he hadn't thought anything of the kind . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 hadn't
3 he 4 hadn't
4 hadn't 5 thought
4 hadn't 6 anything
6 anything 9 kind
6 anything 10 .
7 of 8 the
7 of 9 kind

" won't [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] be [surprised] ? " remarked [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [,] [as] [he] [sat] [down] [to] [rest] [.] 
1 " 2 won't
2 won't 7 be
2 won't 9 ?
9 ? 10 "
10 " 11 remarked

by and by [,] as he flew [home] [,] [sammy] [jay] [chuckled] [and] [said] [:] 
1 by 2 and
2 and 3 by
2 and 6 he
5 as 6 he
6 he 7 flew

" you ['ve] [got] to [rise] ['] [fore] [break] [of] [day] [if] you want to [fool] [old] [mr] [jay] . " 
1 " 2 you
1 " 13 you
2 you 5 to
13 you 14 want
14 want 15 to
15 to 20 .
20 . 21 "

[vii] 

[four] [little] [scamps] [plan] [mischief] 

" [some] [folks] [think] they 're [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] me ! 
1 " 6 're
1 " 13 !
5 they 6 're
12 me 13 !

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like [the] [knave] [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] , [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 9 ,

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks

[sammy] [jay] [was] [mightily] [pleased] [with] [himself] [.] 

[sammy] [jay] [smacked] [his] [lips] [as] [he] [thought] [of] [this] [.] 

then he looked [up] [at] [jolly] [,] round , [red] [mr] [sun] and [winked] [.] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 looked
3 looked 8 round
8 round 13 and
9 , 13 and

the worst of it is , they are not honest . 
1 the 2 worst
2 worst 3 of
2 worst 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 10 honest
6 , 7 they
7 they 8 are
8 are 9 not
8 are 10 honest
10 honest 11 .

they steal whenever they get a chance , and always they try to get others into trouble . 
1 they 2 steal
2 steal 3 whenever
2 steal 15 others
3 whenever 4 they
3 whenever 7 chance
5 get 7 chance
6 a 7 chance
7 chance 12 try
7 chance 14 get
8 , 9 and
9 and 12 try
10 always 12 try
11 they 12 try
12 try 13 to
15 others 17 trouble
16 into 17 trouble
17 trouble 18 .

that was why [peter] [rabbit] [had] [left] them [out] , [when] he [planned] [his] [surprise] [party] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 that 2 was
1 that 3 why
1 that 12 he
8 them 10 ,
10 , 12 he

sammy had a plan , and the angrier the others grew , the more likely were they to help him . 
1 sammy 2 had
1 sammy 4 plan
3 a 4 plan
4 plan 8 angrier
4 plan 19 help
5 , 6 and
6 and 8 angrier
7 the 8 angrier
8 angrier 10 others
8 angrier 11 grew
9 the 10 others
11 grew 12 ,
11 grew 13 the
11 grew 14 more
14 more 15 likely
15 likely 17 they
15 likely 18 to
16 were 17 they
19 help 20 him
20 him 21 .

" [you] wait till [i] [catch] [peter] [rabbit] ! " said [reddy] [fox] and [showed] all [his] [teeth] . 
1 " 3 wait
1 " 11 said
3 wait 4 till
9 ! 10 "
9 ! 11 said
11 said 19 .
14 and 16 all
16 all 19 .

he [quite] forgot that , [despite] all [his] [smartness] [,] he never [yet] had [caught] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 he 3 forgot
3 forgot 4 that
4 that 14 had
5 , 7 all
5 , 11 he
11 he 12 never
11 he 14 had

[blacky] [the] [crow] [scratched] [his] [head] [thoughtfully] [.] 

" we can [spoil] [his] [surprise] [by] [telling] [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [all] about it [beforehand] , " said he . 
1 " 2 we
1 " 19 said
2 we 3 can
10 ' 19 said
14 about 15 it
14 about 17 ,
17 , 19 said
18 " 19 said
19 said 20 he
19 said 21 .

[sammy] [jay] [winked] [at] [each] [of] [the] [others] [.] 

he cleared his throat and looked all around , to make sure that no one else was near . 
1 he 2 cleared
1 he 17 was
2 cleared 4 throat
2 cleared 5 and
2 cleared 8 around
2 cleared 9 ,
3 his 4 throat
6 looked 8 around
7 all 8 around
10 to 11 make
11 make 12 sure
12 sure 13 that
13 that 14 no
13 that 17 was
14 no 15 one
15 one 16 else
17 was 18 near
18 near 19 .

then he leaned forward and whispered : " let's invite ourselves to the party [.] ["] 
1 then 2 he
2 he 3 leaned
3 leaned 4 forward
4 forward 5 and
4 forward 10 invite
6 whispered 10 invite
7 : 9 let's
8 " 9 let's
9 let's 10 invite
10 invite 11 ourselves
10 invite 12 to
10 invite 14 party
13 the 14 party

" what do you mean ? " exclaimed the others , all together . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 5 mean
2 what 6 ?
3 do 5 mean
4 you 5 mean
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 exclaimed
8 exclaimed 10 others
8 exclaimed 14 .
9 the 10 others
10 others 11 ,
10 others 13 together
12 all 13 together

" [just] [what] [i] [say] , " replied [sammy] . 
1 " 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 replied
8 replied 10 .

" we 'll be the real surprise . 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 'll
3 'll 4 be
4 be 6 real
5 the 6 real
6 real 7 surprise
7 surprise 8 .

before the party begins , you will hide close to where it is to be . 
1 before 4 begins
1 before 16 .
2 the 3 party
3 party 4 begins
4 begins 7 will
4 begins 8 hide
4 begins 9 close
5 , 7 will
6 you 7 will
9 close 10 to
9 close 11 where
9 close 14 to
11 where 13 is
12 it 13 is
14 to 15 be

of course every one will run away , and we 'll have all the good things to eat . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 every
2 course 5 will
3 every 4 one
5 will 6 run
5 will 18 eat
6 run 7 away
7 away 8 ,
9 and 10 we
10 we 11 'll
11 'll 12 have
11 'll 18 eat
13 all 14 the
13 all 16 things
15 good 16 things
16 things 18 eat
17 to 18 eat
18 eat 19 .
19 . 20 "

" haw ! haw ! haw ! 
1 " 6 haw
2 haw 3 !
2 haw 4 haw
4 haw 5 !
4 haw 6 haw
6 haw 7 !

the very thing ! 
1 the 3 thing
2 very 3 thing
3 thing 4 !

we 'll all be [there] [,] ["] [cried] [blacky] the [crow] [.] 
1 we 2 'll
2 'll 3 all
2 'll 4 be
4 be 10 the

the four little scamps shook hands and separated . 
1 the 4 scamps
2 four 4 scamps
3 little 4 scamps
4 scamps 5 shook
4 scamps 8 separated
5 shook 6 hands
6 hands 7 and
8 separated 9 .

as they went [across] [the] [green] [meadows] [,] [sammy] [jay] ['s] [voice] [floated] back [to] [the] [lone] [pine] . 
1 as 2 they
2 they 3 went
3 went 14 back
14 back 19 .

he was singing , although he has a very poor voice for singing , and this was his song : 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 singing
3 singing 5 although
3 singing 19 song
4 , 5 although
5 although 6 he
5 although 7 has
8 a 11 voice
9 very 10 poor
9 very 11 voice
11 voice 13 singing
12 for 13 singing
13 singing 15 and
13 singing 19 song
14 , 15 and
16 this 17 was
16 this 19 song
18 his 19 song
19 song 20 :

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [what] [do] [you] [mean] [?] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [others] [all] [together] [.] []] 

" [some] [folks] [think] they 're [mighty] [smart] [oh] [,] [la] me ! 
1 " 6 're
1 " 13 !
5 they 6 're
12 me 13 !

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

like [the] [knave] [who] [stole] [the] [tart] [oh] , [la] [me] [!] 
1 like 9 ,

oh , la me ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 la
3 la 4 me
3 la 5 !

some folks [will] [waken] [up] [some] [day] [and] [find] [they] [can't] [fool] [mr] [jay] [!] ["] 
1 some 2 folks

" is that so ? 
1 " 2 is
2 is 3 that
2 is 4 so
2 is 5 ?

then [old] [mr] [toad] [winked] [slowly] [and] [solemnly] [at] [jolly] , [round] [,] [red] [mr] [sun] and started off [to] [find] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 then 11 ,
11 , 17 and
17 and 18 started
18 started 19 off

[viii] 

[peter] [rabbit] [sends] [out] [word] 

it was a beautiful morning . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 beautiful
3 a 4 beautiful
4 beautiful 5 morning
4 beautiful 6 .

everybody said so , and what everybody says is usually so . 
1 everybody 2 said
1 everybody 3 so
1 everybody 6 what
1 everybody 7 everybody
4 , 5 and
4 , 6 what
7 everybody 8 says
7 everybody 10 usually
7 everybody 11 so
7 everybody 12 .
8 says 9 is

[peter] [rabbit] [wore] [the] [broadest] [kind] [of] [a] [smile] [.] 

peter stopped them before they had a chance to run away . 
1 peter 2 stopped
2 stopped 8 chance
3 them 5 they
3 them 8 chance
4 before 5 they
6 had 8 chance
7 a 8 chance
8 chance 9 to
8 chance 10 run
8 chance 12 .
10 run 11 away

sammy [jay] had [risen] [very] [early] [that] [morning] [.] 
1 sammy 3 had

almost at once [his] [sharp] [eyes] [had] [seen] [peter] [rabbit] [sending] [out] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [.] 
1 almost 3 once
2 at 3 once

sammy 's wits are as sharp as his eyes , and you know it is very hard to really fool sharp wits . 
1 sammy 6 sharp
2 's 3 wits
3 wits 4 are
3 wits 5 as
3 wits 6 sharp
6 sharp 7 as
6 sharp 9 eyes
6 sharp 22 wits
8 his 9 eyes
9 eyes 11 and
10 , 11 and
12 you 13 know
13 know 14 it
14 it 15 is
14 it 17 hard
16 very 17 hard
17 hard 18 to
17 hard 22 wits
19 really 22 wits
20 fool 22 wits
21 sharp 22 wits
22 wits 23 .

right away [sammy] [had] [guessed] [what] [the] [merry] [little] [breezes] [were] [hurrying] [so] [for] , but he sat and [waited] and [listened] [.] 
1 right 2 away
2 away 21 and
15 , 16 but
15 , 21 and
16 but 17 he
17 he 18 sat
18 sat 19 and

pretty soon he [heard] [drummer] [the] [woodpecker] [start] [a] [long] [rat-a-tat-tat] [over] [by] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [hollow] [tree] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he

then [sammy] [was] [sure] that this was [the] [day] [of] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 then 5 that
5 that 7 was
6 this 7 was

[sammy] [grinned] [as] [he] [hurried] [off] [to] [find] [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [.] 

reddy was not [yet] [out] [of] [bed] [,] [but] [when] [he] [heard] [sammy] [jay] at [his] door [,] [he] [tumbled] [out] [in] [a] [hurry] . 
1 reddy 2 was
2 was 3 not
3 not 15 at
15 at 17 door
17 door 25 .

he didn't stop to get any breakfast , because he had planned to get all he could eat at the party . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 stop
2 didn't 5 get
2 didn't 6 any
4 to 5 get
6 any 12 planned
7 breakfast 8 ,
7 breakfast 12 planned
9 because 12 planned
10 he 11 had
11 had 12 planned
12 planned 18 eat
12 planned 21 party
13 to 18 eat
14 get 18 eat
15 all 17 could
16 he 17 could
17 could 18 eat
19 at 21 party
20 the 21 party
21 party 22 .

so he hurried over to where the party was to be . 
1 so 3 hurried
2 he 3 hurried
3 hurried 4 over
3 hurried 5 to
3 hurried 6 where
3 hurried 8 party
3 hurried 10 to
7 the 8 party
8 party 9 was
10 to 11 be
10 to 12 .

[there] [he] [stretched] [himself] [out] [and] [made] [himself] [as] [comfortable] [as] [he] [could] [.] 

pretty [soon] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [joined] [reddy] [fox] [in] [the] [hollow] [log] , and they [whispered] [and] [chuckled] [while] [they] [waited] [.] 
1 pretty 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 they

[sammy] [jay] [saw] [him] [there] [but] [,] [smart] [as] [sammy] [is] [,] [he] [didn't] [once] [suspect] [innocent-looking] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 

you [see] , he didn't know that [old] [mr] [toad] had [overheard] [all] of his [plans] . 
1 you 3 ,
3 , 4 he
4 he 5 didn't
5 didn't 6 know
6 know 7 that
6 know 17 .
7 that 11 had
14 of 15 his
15 his 17 .

[ix] 

[mr] [.] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [put] [their] [heads] [together] 

when he reached the ground , [prickly] [porky] [shook] [himself] [until] he [rattled] [the] [thousand] [little] [spears] [hidden] [in] [his] [long] [coat] [.] 
1 when 3 reached
1 when 12 he
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 ground
4 the 5 ground
6 , 12 he

" [tee-hee-hee] ! " 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 4 "

" no one is laughing at you , " replied a voice right behind him . 
1 " 10 replied
2 no 3 one
2 no 10 replied
4 is 10 replied
5 laughing 6 at
5 laughing 10 replied
7 you 8 ,
8 , 10 replied
9 " 10 replied
10 replied 12 voice
10 replied 16 .
11 a 12 voice
12 voice 14 behind
13 right 14 behind
14 behind 15 him

[prickly] [porky] [turned] [around] [.] 

[there] [sat] [old] [mr] [toad] [.] 

his big mouth was stretched wide open , and he was laughing all to himself . 
1 his 3 mouth
2 big 3 mouth
3 mouth 6 wide
4 was 6 wide
5 stretched 6 wide
6 wide 7 open
6 wide 12 laughing
7 open 8 ,
9 and 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 laughing
12 laughing 13 all
12 laughing 15 himself
12 laughing 16 .
14 to 15 himself

[something] [was] [tickling] [old] [mr] [toad] [mightily] [.] 

[prickly] [porky] [scowled] [,] [and] [a] [few] [more] [little] [spears] [peeped] [out] [of] [his] [long] [coat] [.] 

you know no one likes to be laughed at , and it certainly did look as if [old] [mr] [toad] [was] laughing at him . 
1 you 2 know
2 know 5 likes
3 no 4 one
4 one 5 likes
5 likes 6 to
5 likes 8 laughed
6 to 7 be
8 laughed 9 at
8 laughed 11 and
8 laughed 23 at
8 laughed 24 him
10 , 11 and
12 it 13 certainly
13 certainly 14 did
14 did 15 look
15 look 16 as
15 look 23 at
16 as 17 if
22 laughing 23 at
24 him 25 .

[mr] [toad] [stopped] [laughing] [and] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" it 's a joke , " said he , and slowly winked one eye . 
1 " 8 said
2 it 3 's
3 's 5 joke
4 a 5 joke
5 joke 6 ,
6 , 8 said
7 " 8 said
8 said 12 slowly
9 he 12 slowly
10 , 11 and
10 , 12 slowly
12 slowly 13 winked
13 winked 14 one
13 winked 15 eye
13 winked 16 .

" [i] don't see [any] [joke] , " said [prickly] [porky] , and his voice was very [fretful] . 
1 " 3 don't
1 " 7 ,
3 don't 4 see
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 12 ,
9 said 19 .
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 his
14 his 15 voice
15 voice 16 was
16 was 17 very

[mr] [toad] [hopped] [a] [step] [nearer] [.] 

" are you going to [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] ? " 
1 " 2 are
2 are 3 you
2 are 4 going
2 are 10 ?
4 going 5 to
10 ? 11 "

" of course [i] [am] . 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 .

what a [foolish] question [,] ["] [replied] [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 what 4 question
2 a 4 question

" [to] [be] [sure] [,] [a] [very] [foolish] [question] [,] [a] [very] [foolish] [question] [,] indeed , " [assented] [mr] [toad] [.] 
1 " 16 indeed
16 indeed 17 ,
17 , 18 "

[old] [mr] [toad] [chuckled] [deep] [down] [in] [his] [throat] [.] 

" [i] [was] [underneath] a [piece] [of] [bark] [on] [which] [sammy] [jay] [was] [sitting] [when] [the] [plan] [was] [made] [.] 
1 " 5 a

of course [he] [didn't] [know] [i] [was] [there] , and of [course] [i] didn't tell him . " 
1 of 2 course
2 course 9 ,
9 , 10 and
9 , 18 "
10 and 11 of
14 didn't 15 tell
15 tell 16 him
16 him 17 .
17 . 18 "

" of course [not] , " [interrupted] [prickly] [porky] [,] [beginning] [to] [grin] [.] 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" of course [not] , " continued [mr] [toad] [,] [grinning] [,] [too] [.] 
1 " 3 course
1 " 7 continued
2 of 3 course
3 course 5 ,
5 , 6 "

" have you [told] [peter] [rabbit] ? " asked [prickly] [porky] . 
1 " 3 you
2 have 3 you
3 you 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 asked
9 asked 12 .

" [not] [yet] [,] [but] [i] 'm [going] [to] , by and by , " replied [old] [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 7 'm
1 " 16 replied
10 , 12 and
10 , 16 replied
11 by 12 and
12 and 13 by
14 , 15 "
15 " 16 replied
16 replied 20 .

" but first , [i] [want] you to help me [fool] [sammy] [jay] [and] [blacky] [the] [crow] [and] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [.] 
1 " 2 but
1 " 4 ,
1 " 7 you
3 first 4 ,
7 you 10 me
8 to 9 help
9 help 10 me

will you ? " 
1 will 2 you
2 you 3 ?
3 ? 4 "

" [of] [course] [i] [will] [if] [i] can , but how can [i] ? " answered [prickly] [porky] [promptly] . 
1 " 8 can
8 can 14 ?
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 how
11 how 12 can
11 how 14 ?
14 ? 15 "
15 " 16 answered
16 answered 20 .

old [mr] [toad] [hopped] [up] , and [stretching] [up] [on] [tiptoe] [,] [whispered] [in] [one] [of] [prickly] [porky] ['s] [ears] [.] 
1 old 7 and
6 , 7 and

[prickly] [porky] [began] [to] [smile] [.] 

then he began to chuckle . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 5 chuckle
3 began 4 to
3 began 5 chuckle
5 chuckle 6 .

finally he laughed until he had to hold his sides . 
1 finally 2 he
1 finally 3 laughed
3 laughed 10 sides
3 laughed 11 .
4 until 5 he
4 until 10 sides
5 he 6 had
7 to 8 hold
8 hold 10 sides
9 his 10 sides

" will you do it ? " asked [mr] [toad] . 
1 " 3 you
2 will 3 you
3 you 6 ?
4 do 5 it
4 do 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 asked
8 asked 11 .

[prickly] [porky] [reached] [for] [his] [bundle] [of] [tender] [young] [bark] [.] 

" of course [i] [will] , " said he , still chuckling . 
1 " 3 course
2 of 3 course
3 course 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 8 said
8 said 12 chuckling
9 he 12 chuckling
10 , 12 chuckling
11 still 12 chuckling
12 chuckling 13 .

" come on , [mr] [toad] , it 's time we were [going] . " 
1 " 2 come
2 come 3 on
2 come 4 ,
4 , 15 "
7 , 15 "
8 it 9 's
8 it 10 time
10 time 11 we
11 we 12 were
12 were 14 .
14 . 15 "

[x] 

[the] [runaway] [cabbage] 

reddy [fox] [,] [hiding] [with] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [in] [a] [hollow] [log] [near] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 's [home] [,] [nudged] [shadow] [with] [his] [elbow] [.] 
1 reddy 18 's

" [i] hear some one coming , " he whispered . 
1 " 10 whispered
3 hear 4 some
3 hear 6 coming
4 some 5 one
6 coming 10 whispered
7 , 10 whispered
8 " 10 whispered
9 he 10 whispered
10 whispered 11 .

shadow peeped out . 
1 shadow 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
2 peeped 4 .

" [it] 's old [mr] [toad] [and] [prickly] [porky] [,] " [he] [whispered] [back] [.] 
1 " 3 's
1 " 11 "
3 's 4 old

" [and] there [comes] [jimmy] [skunk] , [with] a [big-goose] [egg] [under] [each] [arm] ! " [continued] [shadow] [,] [smacking] [his] [lips] [.] 
1 " 3 there
1 " 7 ,
7 , 16 "
9 a 15 !
15 ! 16 "

[reddy] [fox] [wriggled] [up] [where] [he] [could] [peep] [out] [,] [too] [.] 

" my goodness ! 
1 " 3 goodness
2 my 3 goodness
3 goodness 4 !

what 's that [coming] [down] the [lone] [little] [path] ? " [whispered] [reddy] [.] 
1 what 2 's
1 what 10 ?
3 that 6 the
3 that 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

shadow looked . 
1 shadow 2 looked
2 looked 3 .

then he began to laugh , and [reddy] began to laugh , too . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 11 laugh
5 laugh 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 9 began
9 began 10 to
9 began 11 laugh
11 laugh 12 ,
11 laugh 13 too
11 laugh 14 .

but it was [laughter] that made no sound [,] [for] [reddy] [and] [shadow] didn't want [any] [one] to know that they were [hiding] there . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
2 it 25 .
3 was 8 sound
5 that 6 made
6 made 7 no
7 no 8 sound
14 didn't 15 want
14 didn't 19 know
15 want 18 to
19 know 20 that
19 know 25 .
20 that 21 they
21 they 22 were
22 were 24 there

it was a funny sight they were peeping out at . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 4 funny
3 a 4 funny
4 funny 8 peeping
4 funny 11 .
5 sight 8 peeping
6 they 7 were
7 were 8 peeping
8 peeping 9 out
8 peeping 10 at

it certainly was a funny sight . 
1 it 5 funny
2 certainly 5 funny
3 was 5 funny
4 a 5 funny
5 funny 6 sight
6 sight 7 .

down [the] [lone] [little] [path] came [peter] [rabbit] and [his] [cousin] [,] [juniper] [the] [hare] [,] [rolling] [a] [huge] [cabbage] [.] 
1 down 9 and
6 came 9 and

right [at] [the] [top] [of] [a] [little] [hill] [the] [cabbage] [got] away [from] [them] . 
1 right 12 away
12 away 15 .

down it [started] , [rolling] and [bounding] [along] [,] [with] [peter] [rabbit] [and] [jumper] [the] [hare] [frantically] [trying] [to] [catch] [it] [.] 
1 down 6 and
2 it 4 ,
4 , 6 and

just [ahead] [was] [johnny] [chuck] [with] a [big] [bundle] [of] [sweet] [clover] [,] [which] [he] [was] [bringing] [to] [peter] [rabbit] ['s] [party] [.] 
1 just 7 a

he didn't see the big cabbage coming . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 see
2 didn't 6 cabbage
4 the 6 cabbage
5 big 6 cabbage
6 cabbage 7 coming
6 cabbage 8 .

it knocked his feet from under him , and down he went with a thump , flat on his back . 
1 it 17 flat
2 knocked 4 feet
2 knocked 7 him
2 knocked 9 and
2 knocked 10 down
2 knocked 17 flat
3 his 4 feet
4 feet 6 under
5 from 6 under
8 , 9 and
11 he 12 went
12 went 15 thump
13 with 15 thump
14 a 15 thump
15 thump 16 ,
15 thump 17 flat
17 flat 18 on
17 flat 19 his
17 flat 20 back
17 flat 21 .

right [on] [top] [of] [him] [fell] [jumper] [the] [hare] , [who] [was] [close] [behind] [the] [runaway] [cabbage] and had [no] [time] [to] [turn] [aside] [.] 
1 right 10 ,
10 , 18 and
18 and 19 had

over the two of them fell [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 over 2 the
2 the 3 two
3 two 5 them
3 two 6 fell
4 of 5 them

such a mix-up ! 
1 such 3 mix-up
2 a 3 mix-up
3 mix-up 4 !

and the big cabbage kept right on running away . 
1 and 2 the
2 the 4 cabbage
3 big 4 cabbage
4 cabbage 5 kept
4 cabbage 8 running
5 kept 6 right
5 kept 7 on
8 running 9 away
9 away 10 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [,] [who] [never] [hurries] [,] [heard] [the] [noise] [behind] [him] [and] [turned] [to] [see] [what] [it] [all] [meant] [.] 

but he didn't have time to more than blink his eyes before the runaway cabbage hit him full in the stomach . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 9 blink
4 have 9 blink
5 time 9 blink
6 to 9 blink
7 more 8 than
8 than 9 blink
9 blink 10 his
9 blink 11 eyes
9 blink 12 before
9 blink 14 runaway
9 blink 22 .
13 the 14 runaway
14 runaway 15 cabbage
14 runaway 16 hit
14 runaway 18 full
16 hit 17 him
18 full 21 stomach
19 in 20 the
19 in 21 stomach

down went [jimmy] [skunk] [with] [a] [grunt] [.] 
1 down 2 went

one big egg flew over against a tree and broke . 
1 one 2 big
2 big 8 tree
3 egg 4 flew
4 flew 5 over
4 flew 8 tree
6 against 8 tree
7 a 8 tree
8 tree 9 and
8 tree 10 broke
8 tree 11 .

jimmy landed on the other , and this broke , too . 
1 jimmy 2 landed
2 landed 3 on
2 landed 5 other
2 landed 7 and
2 landed 8 this
2 landed 9 broke
3 on 4 the
6 , 7 and
9 broke 11 too
10 , 11 too
11 too 12 .

such a [sight] as [jimmy] [skunk] was ! 
1 such 2 a
1 such 4 as
1 such 8 !
4 as 7 was

egg dripped from every part of his handsome black and white coat . 
1 egg 2 dripped
2 dripped 3 from
2 dripped 4 every
2 dripped 5 part
2 dripped 7 his
2 dripped 8 handsome
2 dripped 13 .
5 part 6 of
8 handsome 12 coat
9 black 10 and
9 black 11 white
11 white 12 coat

it was in his eyes and all over his face and dripped from his whiskers . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 in
3 in 4 his
4 his 15 whiskers
5 eyes 12 dripped
6 and 12 dripped
7 all 12 dripped
8 over 12 dripped
9 his 12 dripped
10 face 12 dripped
11 and 12 dripped
12 dripped 13 from
12 dripped 15 whiskers
14 his 15 whiskers
15 whiskers 16 .

it [knocked] all the wind out [of] [mr] [toad] , and [of] [course] [striped] [chipmunk] [spilled] [all] [his] [corn] [.] 
1 it 3 all
1 it 6 out
3 all 4 the
4 the 5 wind
6 out 11 and
10 , 11 and

[prickly] [porky] [the] [porcupine] [heard] [the] [noise] [.] 

he looked up to see [a] [strange] [thing] [bounding] down the [lone] [little] [path] [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 up
2 looked 10 down
3 up 4 to
4 to 5 see
10 down 11 the

[prickly] [porky] [didn't] [wait] [to] [see] [what] [it] [was] [.] 

the runaway cabbage [bounced] [off] [the] [stump] [and] [hit] [prickly] [porky] [.] 
1 the 3 cabbage
2 runaway 3 cabbage

then it stopped . 
1 then 2 it
1 then 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 .

[xi] 

[reddy] [fox] [goes] [hungry] 

like a great [green] [pincushion] [lay] [the] [runaway] [cabbage] [of] [peter] [rabbit] and [jumper] [the] [hare] [.] 
1 like 2 a
2 a 3 great
3 great 13 and

every one thought it was the very best joke ever . 
1 every 2 one
2 one 10 ever
3 thought 5 was
3 thought 9 joke
4 it 5 was
5 was 6 the
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 joke
9 joke 10 ever
10 ever 11 .

jimmy [skunk] [had] [gone] [off] [to] [take] [a] [bath] [and] [get] [two] [more] [eggs] [for] [peter] [rabbit] 's [party] [.] 
1 jimmy 18 's

shadow smacked his lips . 
1 shadow 2 smacked
2 smacked 3 his
2 smacked 4 lips
4 lips 5 .

he meant to have those eggs himself . 
1 he 7 himself
2 meant 3 to
2 meant 4 have
2 meant 6 eggs
5 those 6 eggs
6 eggs 7 himself
7 himself 8 .

my , such a feast as was spread out there ! 
1 my 2 ,
1 my 5 feast
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 feast
5 feast 6 as
5 feast 7 was
5 feast 8 spread
5 feast 10 there
5 feast 11 !
8 spread 9 out

over in the top of a tall [pine] tree [blacky] the [crow] [was] [hiding] [and] [chuckling] [to] [himself] [as] [he] [watched] [.] 
1 over 11 the
2 in 3 the
2 in 11 the
3 the 4 top
4 top 5 of
4 top 7 tall
4 top 9 tree
6 a 7 tall

reddy [fox] was [getting] [impatient] . 
1 reddy 3 was
1 reddy 6 .

he was hungry . 
1 he 3 hungry
2 was 3 hungry
3 hungry 4 .

it seemed as if his stomach would just give him no peace at all . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 4 if
2 seemed 6 stomach
3 as 4 if
5 his 6 stomach
6 stomach 12 peace
7 would 8 just
7 would 9 give
9 give 10 him
9 give 12 peace
11 no 12 peace
12 peace 14 all
12 peace 15 .
13 at 14 all

he [wished] [that] [sammy] [jay] [would] [bring] [the] [false] [message] that [bowser] [the] [hound] was [coming] [,] [so] [as] [to] [frighten] all the [rest] [away] . 
1 he 15 was
11 that 15 was
15 was 22 all
22 all 23 the
22 all 26 .

" [i] 'm [nearly] [starved] ! " [whispered] [reddy] [fox] [.] 
1 " 3 'm
1 " 6 !
6 ! 7 "

" [i] [hope] [sammy] [jay] [will] [hurry] [up] . " 
1 " 10 "
9 . 10 "

just then [they] [noticed] [that] [peter] [rabbit] [was] [very] [busy] . 
1 just 2 then
2 then 11 .

he hopped from guest to guest and whispered in the ear of each . 
1 he 2 hopped
2 hopped 3 from
2 hopped 4 guest
2 hopped 5 to
2 hopped 6 guest
6 guest 7 and
6 guest 11 ear
8 whispered 11 ear
9 in 10 the
9 in 11 ear
11 ear 13 each
11 ear 14 .
12 of 13 each

" [now] [i] [wonder] what [peter] [rabbit] is [whispering] about , " said [reddy] . 
1 " 5 what
1 " 13 said
5 what 8 is
10 about 11 ,
11 , 13 said
12 " 13 said
13 said 15 .

suddenly the light at the end of the hollow log disappeared . 
1 suddenly 11 disappeared
2 the 3 light
2 the 6 end
4 at 6 end
5 the 6 end
6 end 7 of
6 end 10 log
8 the 10 log
9 hollow 10 log
10 log 11 disappeared
11 disappeared 12 .

there was a [queer] [rattling] [sound] that [sent] [shivers] [up] [and] [down] [reddy] 's [backbone] [.] 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 a
1 there 14 's
7 that 14 's

[reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [in] [a] [prison] [.] 

you see there was no other opening to the hollow log . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 there
3 there 4 was
3 there 5 no
5 no 6 other
6 other 7 opening
7 opening 11 log
8 to 9 the
9 the 11 log
10 hollow 11 log
11 log 12 .

" never mind , " [whispered] [shadow] [the] [weasel] , " [he] ['ll] go away [when] [sammy] [jay] [shouts] [that] [bowser] [the] [hound] [is] [coming] . " 
1 " 27 "
2 never 3 mind
3 mind 4 ,
4 , 27 "
5 " 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 14 go
14 go 15 away
15 away 26 .
26 . 27 "

[blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [hidden] [in] [the] [top] [of] [the] [tall] [pine] [,] [was] [also] [wondering] [what] [peter] [was] [whispering] [.] 

now , [sammy] [jay] [knew] [nothing] [about] [all] [this] [.] 
1 now 2 ,

now , [sammy] , [with] [all] [his] [faults] [,] [is] [one] [of] [the] [best] [watchmen] in [the] [green] [forest] [.] 
1 now 2 ,
1 now 4 ,
4 , 16 in

if there is any danger which his sharp eyes discover , he always screams at the top of his lungs . 
1 if 2 there
2 there 3 is
2 there 5 danger
4 any 5 danger
5 danger 6 which
5 danger 21 .
7 his 20 lungs
8 sharp 9 eyes
8 sharp 14 screams
10 discover 14 screams
11 , 12 he
12 he 14 screams
13 always 14 screams
14 screams 20 lungs
15 at 20 lungs
16 the 17 top
17 top 18 of
17 top 20 lungs
19 his 20 lungs
20 lungs 21 .

because [sammy] knew [this] he felt sure of breaking up this party . 
1 because 3 knew
1 because 5 he
5 he 6 felt
6 felt 7 sure
7 sure 8 of
7 sure 9 breaking
9 breaking 10 up
9 breaking 12 party
11 this 12 party
12 party 13 .

" run ! run ! run ! 
1 " 7 !
2 run 3 !
2 run 4 run
4 run 5 !
4 run 6 run
6 run 7 !

here [comes] [bowser] the [hound] , " he shouted . 
1 here 4 the
1 here 6 ,
6 , 7 "
7 " 9 shouted
8 he 9 shouted
9 shouted 10 .

still no one moved . 
1 still 2 no
1 still 4 moved
2 no 3 one
4 moved 5 .

sammy stopped on a tall pine and pretended to be terribly excited . 
1 sammy 2 stopped
2 stopped 6 pine
3 on 6 pine
4 a 5 tall
5 tall 6 pine
6 pine 7 and
6 pine 8 pretended
6 pine 11 terribly
8 pretended 9 to
8 pretended 10 be
11 terribly 12 excited
12 excited 13 .

" you had better [run] [before] [bowser] [gets] [here] , " he shouted . 
1 " 2 you
1 " 10 ,
2 you 4 better
3 had 4 better
10 , 11 "
11 " 13 shouted
12 he 13 shouted
13 shouted 14 .

what do you think happened then ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 5 happened
1 what 7 ?
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 think
6 then 7 ?

why , everybody set up a great shout . 
1 why 2 ,
1 why 3 everybody
3 everybody 8 shout
3 everybody 9 .
4 set 8 shout
5 up 8 shout
6 a 8 shout
7 great 8 shout

" [ha] ! ha ! ha ! " [laughed] [peter] [rabbit] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 ha 5 !
4 ha 6 ha
6 ha 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [ho] ! ho ! ho ! " [shouted] [johnny] [chuck] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 ho 5 !
4 ho 6 ho
6 ho 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [hee] ! hee ! hee ! " [giggled] [danny] [meadow] [mouse] [.] 
1 " 3 !
3 ! 8 "
4 hee 5 !
4 hee 6 hee
6 hee 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" what time will [bowser] get here ? " asked [bobby] [coon] [,] gravely . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 4 will
2 what 8 ?
3 time 4 will
4 will 6 get
7 here 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 10 asked
10 asked 14 gravely
14 gravely 15 .

" [tell] [bowser] [that] we are all [waiting] [for] [him] [,] ["] [added] [jimmy] [skunk] . 
1 " 5 we
5 we 6 are
5 we 7 all
7 all 16 .

" is [bowser] [quite] [out] [of] [breath] ? " [inquired] [jerry] [muskrat] . 
1 " 2 is
2 is 8 ?
8 ? 9 "
8 ? 13 .

sammy [jay] didn't know what to do or what to say . 
1 sammy 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
3 didn't 11 say
3 didn't 12 .
4 know 5 what
4 know 8 or
4 know 9 what
5 what 7 do
6 to 7 do
10 to 11 say

you see , [old] [mr] [toad] [had] [told] [peter] [all] [about] [sammy] ['s] [plan] [,] and [this] [is] [what] [peter] [had] [been] [whispering] [to] the others . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 3 ,
3 , 16 and
16 and 25 the
25 the 26 others
26 others 27 .

[xii] 

[prickly] [porky] [makes] [himself] [at] [home] 

peter [rabbit] 's [party] [promised] [to] [be] [a] [great] [success] . 
1 peter 3 's
1 peter 11 .

[prickly] [porky] [settled] [himself] [very] [comfortably] [and] [began] [to] [tell] [stories] [about] [his] [home] [,] [way] [up] [in] [the] [north] [woods] [.] 

worse still , he was so hungry that he could cry . 
1 worse 2 still
1 worse 12 .
2 still 7 hungry
3 , 4 he
4 he 7 hungry
5 was 7 hungry
6 so 7 hungry
7 hungry 9 he
7 hungry 11 cry
8 that 9 he
9 he 10 could

shadow [the] [weasel] [felt] [just] [as] [uncomfortable] [as] [reddy] [fox] [,] [and] [shadow] is [very] [short-tempered] [.] 
1 shadow 14 is

every time [reddy] [moved] [and] [squeezed] [shadow] [,] [shadow] [would] [snap] [at] [him] . 
1 every 2 time
2 time 14 .

he certainly was enjoying himself . 
1 he 5 himself
2 certainly 4 enjoying
3 was 4 enjoying
4 enjoying 5 himself
5 himself 6 .

it [tickled] [him] [almost] [to] [pieces] [to] [think] [how] [easily] [he] [had] [trapped] [smart] [reddy] [fox] , the [boaster] [.] 
1 it 17 ,
17 , 18 the

only [sammy] [jay] [,] [blacky] [the] [crow] [,] [reddy] [fox] [and] [shadow] [the] [weasel] [were] [unhappy] [,] [and] [of] [course] [no] one [cared] [for] [that] . 
1 only 22 one
22 one 26 .

[xiii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [grows] [hungry] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [like] [the] [cold] [weather] [.] 

and all the time he would be saying : 
1 and 9 :
2 all 3 the
2 all 4 time
4 time 5 he
5 he 6 would
5 he 9 :
6 would 7 be
8 saying 9 :

" [way] [down] [souf] [de] [sun] [am] [shinin] ' [yas] [,] [sah] [,] [dat] am [so] ! 
1 " 17 !
9 ' 15 am
9 ' 17 !

[fo] ['] [dat] [lan] ['] [mah] [heart] [am] [pinin] ['] [yas] [,] [sah] [,] [dat] [am] [so] [!] 

now [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [prepared] for the [winter] [by] [getting] [just] [as] [fat] [as] [he] [knew] [how] [.] 
1 now 7 for
7 for 8 the

he was so [fat] that he could [hardly] [waddle] [when] [jack] [frost] [first] came to [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 he 2 was
1 he 14 came
2 was 3 so
3 so 5 that
5 that 7 could
6 he 7 could
14 came 15 to
15 to 19 .

now [johnny] [chuck] [just] [slept] and [slept] [and] [slept] [,] [without] [waking] [once] [the] [whole] [winter] [long] [.] 
1 now 6 and

but [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [sleep] [like] that . 
1 but 9 that
9 that 10 .

he had to stick his head out every little while to see how the world was getting along without him . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 stick
3 to 4 stick
4 stick 6 head
4 stick 7 out
4 stick 8 every
5 his 6 head
8 every 10 while
9 little 10 while
10 while 17 getting
11 to 12 see
12 see 13 how
13 how 17 getting
14 the 15 world
15 world 17 getting
16 was 17 getting
17 getting 18 along
18 along 19 without
19 without 20 him
20 him 21 .

but he didn't enjoy it much . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 enjoy
4 enjoy 5 it
4 enjoy 6 much
4 enjoy 7 .

it made his feet cold , and then he didn't like the tracks he made . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 his
3 his 4 feet
3 his 13 tracks
3 his 16 .
4 feet 5 cold
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 then
8 then 9 he
9 he 10 didn't
10 didn't 11 like
10 didn't 13 tracks
12 the 13 tracks
13 tracks 15 made
14 he 15 made

so [unc] ['] [billy] didn't [go] [out] very much , and very seldom indeed when the snow was soft . 
1 so 9 much
1 so 13 seldom
5 didn't 9 much
8 very 9 much
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 seldom
12 very 13 seldom
13 seldom 14 indeed
13 seldom 15 when
13 seldom 19 soft
13 seldom 20 .
16 the 17 snow
17 snow 19 soft
18 was 19 soft

it seemed [to] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] as if [the] [winter] never , never would go . 
1 it 2 seemed
1 it 15 would
2 seemed 9 if
8 as 9 if
12 never 14 never
13 , 14 never
14 never 15 would
15 would 16 go
16 go 17 .

he was beginning to grow thin now , and of course he was getting hungry . 
1 he 15 hungry
2 was 3 beginning
3 beginning 4 to
3 beginning 5 grow
5 grow 6 thin
5 grow 15 hungry
6 thin 7 now
6 thin 8 ,
6 thin 9 and
6 thin 11 course
10 of 11 course
12 he 15 hungry
13 was 15 hungry
14 getting 15 hungry
15 hungry 16 .

he began to think about it , and the more he thought about it , the hungrier he grew . 
1 he 17 hungrier
2 began 3 to
2 began 4 think
4 think 17 hungrier
5 about 6 it
5 about 17 hungrier
7 , 8 and
7 , 17 hungrier
9 the 17 hungrier
10 more 11 he
11 he 17 hungrier
12 thought 17 hungrier
13 about 14 it
13 about 17 hungrier
15 , 17 hungrier
16 the 17 hungrier
17 hungrier 18 he
17 hungrier 19 grew
17 hungrier 20 .

one [morning] [he] [stuck] [his] [head] [out] of his [doorway] , and [whom] [should] [he] [see] [trotting] [along] [below] [but] [jimmy] [skunk] [.] 
1 one 8 of
8 of 9 his
9 his 12 and
11 , 12 and

jimmy looked fat and comfortable and as if he did not mind the cold weather at all . 
1 jimmy 2 looked
1 jimmy 5 comfortable
3 fat 5 comfortable
4 and 5 comfortable
5 comfortable 6 and
5 comfortable 7 as
5 comfortable 12 mind
5 comfortable 18 .
7 as 8 if
7 as 9 he
9 he 10 did
10 did 11 not
12 mind 15 weather
13 the 15 weather
14 cold 15 weather
15 weather 17 all
16 at 17 all

" good [mo'ning] , [jimmy] [skunk] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 9 said
4 , 9 said
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 13 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [looked] [up] [.] 

" [hello] , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he exclaimed . 
1 " 10 exclaimed
3 , 5 '
3 , 8 "
5 ' 7 !
8 " 10 exclaimed
9 he 10 exclaimed
10 exclaimed 11 .

" [i] haven't [seen] [you] for a long time [!] ["] 
1 " 3 haven't
3 haven't 9 time
6 for 9 time
7 a 8 long
8 long 9 time

" [whar] [yo] ' [been] [,] [jimmy] [skunk] ? " asked [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 11 asked
4 ' 11 asked
9 ? 10 "
9 ? 11 asked
11 asked 15 .

jimmy winked one eye . 
1 jimmy 2 winked
2 winked 3 one
2 winked 4 eye
2 winked 5 .

" getting my breakfast of nice fresh eggs , " he replied . 
1 " 12 replied
2 getting 4 breakfast
3 my 4 breakfast
4 breakfast 7 fresh
5 of 7 fresh
6 nice 7 fresh
7 fresh 8 eggs
7 fresh 12 replied
9 , 12 replied
10 " 11 he
10 " 12 replied
12 replied 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [mouth] [began] [to] [water] [.] 

" did yo ' leave any ? " he anxiously inquired . 
1 " 3 yo
2 did 3 yo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 5 leave
5 leave 11 inquired
6 any 7 ?
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 11 inquired
9 he 11 inquired
10 anxiously 11 inquired
11 inquired 12 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [couldn't] [sleep] [any] [more] [now] [.] 

no , [sir] [,] he couldn't sleep [a] [wink] . 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 sleep
7 sleep 10 .

all he could do was to think how hungry he was . 
1 all 3 could
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 do
4 do 7 think
5 was 6 to
6 to 7 think
7 think 8 how
8 how 9 hungry
9 hungry 10 he
10 he 11 was
11 was 12 .

[finally] [unc] ['] [billy] [made] [up] [his] [mind] [.] 

" ah 'm going up there the very first dark night ! " said he . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 3 'm
1 " 14 said
3 'm 4 going
3 'm 8 very
4 going 5 up
5 up 6 there
5 up 7 the
8 very 9 first
9 first 11 night
10 dark 11 night
12 ! 13 "
12 ! 14 said
14 said 15 he
14 said 16 .

[xiv] 

[old] [mrs] [possum] [grows] [worried] 

" one , two , three , four [,] [five] [,] [six] [,] [seven] [,] [eight] . " 
1 " 18 "
2 one 3 ,
2 one 4 two
4 two 5 ,
4 two 6 three
6 three 7 ,
6 three 8 four
8 four 17 .
17 . 18 "

they were all [there] . 
1 they 2 were
1 they 3 all
3 all 5 .

just as soon as the beautiful spring came , they would one by one slip away . 
1 just 2 as
1 just 15 slip
2 as 3 soon
3 soon 4 as
3 soon 8 came
3 soon 10 they
5 the 7 spring
6 beautiful 7 spring
7 spring 8 came
9 , 10 they
11 would 15 slip
12 one 15 slip
13 by 14 one
14 one 15 slip
15 slip 16 away
16 away 17 .

[mrs] [possum] [sighed] [again] [.] 

she didn't like [winter] . 
1 she 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 like
3 like 5 .

no , [sir] [,] [she] [didn't] [like] [winter] one [bit] [.] 
1 no 2 ,
1 no 9 one

but when she thought of how her babies would leave her , she almost wished that spring never would come . 
1 but 3 she
2 when 3 she
3 she 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
4 thought 8 babies
6 how 8 babies
7 her 8 babies
8 babies 10 leave
8 babies 14 almost
8 babies 17 spring
8 babies 20 come
8 babies 21 .
9 would 10 leave
10 leave 11 her
11 her 13 she
12 , 13 she
14 almost 15 wished
15 wished 16 that
18 never 20 come
19 would 20 come

sure that [her] [babies] [were] [warm] [and] [comfortable] [,] [old] [mrs] [possum] [went] [to] [the] [door] [and] [looked] [out] [.] 
1 sure 2 that

it was [plain] to be seen [that] [mrs] [possum] was [worried] . 
1 it 2 was
1 it 10 was
2 was 6 seen
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 seen
10 was 12 .

that was the tenth time she had looked out in half an hour . 
1 that 2 was
1 that 4 tenth
3 the 4 tenth
4 tenth 5 time
4 tenth 6 she
4 tenth 7 had
4 tenth 8 looked
4 tenth 9 out
4 tenth 10 in
4 tenth 14 .
10 in 13 hour
11 half 13 hour
12 an 13 hour

her sharp little old face looked sharper than ever . 
1 her 7 sharper
2 sharp 7 sharper
3 little 7 sharper
4 old 7 sharper
5 face 7 sharper
6 looked 7 sharper
7 sharper 8 than
7 sharper 9 ever
7 sharper 10 .

it always looks sharper when she is worried , just as the tongues of some people always grow sharper when they are worried . 
1 it 2 always
2 always 4 sharper
3 looks 4 sharper
4 sharper 5 when
4 sharper 6 she
4 sharper 7 is
4 sharper 8 worried
8 worried 13 tongues
8 worried 24 .
9 , 10 just
10 just 11 as
10 just 13 tongues
12 the 13 tongues
13 tongues 14 of
13 tongues 19 sharper
15 some 16 people
16 people 19 sharper
17 always 19 sharper
18 grow 19 sharper
19 sharper 20 when
19 sharper 23 worried
20 when 21 they
21 they 22 are

" ah don ' see what can be keepin ' mah ol ' man ! 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 don
2 ah 15 !
3 don 9 keepin
4 ' 9 keepin
5 see 9 keepin
6 what 9 keepin
7 can 9 keepin
8 be 9 keepin
9 keepin 10 '
9 keepin 11 mah
9 keepin 12 ol
9 keepin 13 '
9 keepin 14 man

ah ['m] [plumb] [worried] [to] [death] , " [muttered] [old] [mrs] [possum] [.] 
1 ah 7 ,
7 , 8 "

right that very minute she heard a noise outside that made her hurry to the door and thrust her head out once more . 
1 right 4 minute
2 that 3 very
3 very 4 minute
4 minute 8 noise
5 she 6 heard
6 heard 8 noise
7 a 8 noise
8 noise 9 outside
8 noise 11 made
8 noise 13 hurry
10 that 11 made
11 made 12 her
13 hurry 14 to
13 hurry 18 thrust
13 hurry 24 .
15 the 16 door
16 door 17 and
16 door 18 thrust
18 thrust 20 head
18 thrust 21 out
18 thrust 22 once
19 her 20 head
22 once 23 more

it was [sammy] [jay] , [shrieking] [:] 
1 it 2 was
1 it 5 ,

" thief ! 
1 " 2 thief
2 thief 3 !

thief ! 
1 thief 2 !

thief ! " at the top of his lungs . 
1 thief 2 !
1 thief 6 top
2 ! 3 "
4 at 6 top
5 the 6 top
6 top 7 of
6 top 9 lungs
8 his 9 lungs
9 lungs 10 .

" good [mo'ning] , [brer] [jay] , " said she . 
1 " 9 said
2 good 9 said
4 , 9 said
7 , 8 "
8 " 9 said
9 said 10 she
9 said 11 .

" hello ! " exclaimed [sammy] [jay] [,] [not] [at] [all] [politely] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 5 exclaimed
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 13 .

" where 's [uncle] [billy] [possum] ? " 
1 " 2 where
2 where 3 's
2 where 7 ?
7 ? 8 "

" he [done] [go] out [fo] ['] [a] [walk] , " replied [old] [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 12 replied
5 out 10 ,
10 , 11 "
11 " 12 replied
12 replied 16 .

" ah reckons yo'all just got up , or yo ' would have met up with him somewhere . " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 3 reckons
3 reckons 4 yo'all
3 reckons 10 yo
4 yo'all 5 just
4 yo'all 6 got
4 yo'all 7 up
4 yo'all 9 or
8 , 9 or
10 yo 11 '
10 yo 13 have
10 yo 14 met
12 would 13 have
14 met 16 with
14 met 17 him
14 met 18 somewhere
15 up 16 with
18 somewhere 19 .
19 . 20 "

sammy 's temper flared up right away . 
1 sammy 4 flared
2 's 4 flared
3 temper 4 flared
4 flared 5 up
4 flared 6 right
4 flared 7 away
7 away 8 .

" [i] 've been up ever since sun-up ! " he sputtered . 
1 " 12 sputtered
3 've 4 been
4 been 5 up
4 been 7 since
6 ever 7 since
7 since 12 sputtered
8 sun-up 12 sputtered
9 ! 10 "
9 ! 12 sputtered
11 he 12 sputtered
12 sputtered 13 .

no [,] [sir] [,] [i] [wouldn't] blame him the least bit [!] ["] 
1 no 7 blame
7 blame 8 him
7 blame 11 bit
9 the 10 least
10 least 11 bit

" [keep] [your] [temper] , [brer] [jay] ! 
1 " 5 ,
1 " 8 !

keep your [temper] [,] [do] [,] [oh] [pray] [!] ["] 
1 keep 2 your

said [old] [mrs] [possum] , [grinning] in the most [aggravating] way as she [turned] back to her [babies] . 
1 said 5 ,
1 said 19 .
7 in 8 the
7 in 11 way
8 the 9 most
11 way 19 .
12 as 13 she
13 she 17 her
15 back 16 to
16 to 17 her
17 her 19 .

she had found out what she wanted to know [sammy] [jay] had seen nothing of [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 she 2 had
1 she 12 had
2 had 3 found
3 found 4 out
3 found 7 wanted
5 what 7 wanted
6 she 7 wanted
7 wanted 8 to
7 wanted 9 know
12 had 13 seen
13 seen 14 nothing
14 nothing 15 of

[old] [mrs] [possum] [sat] [down] [with] [her] [head] [in] [her] [hands] [.] 

she was more worried than ever . 
1 she 2 was
2 was 5 than
3 more 4 worried
3 more 5 than
5 than 6 ever
5 than 7 .

[xv] 

[the] [foolishness] [of] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

but all those things did happen . 
1 but 6 happen
2 all 4 things
3 those 4 things
4 things 6 happen
5 did 6 happen
6 happen 7 .

after [jimmy] [skunk] [had] [mentioned] [his] [fine] [breakfast] [of] [fresh] [eggs] , [unc] ' [billy] [possum] [couldn't] [think] [of] [anything] [else] [.] 
1 after 12 ,
12 , 14 '

he knew well enough [where] [jimmy] had [found] [those] [eggs] . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 7 had
2 knew 3 well
3 well 4 enough
7 had 11 .

yes , indeed , [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] all about it . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 9 all
9 all 10 about
10 about 11 it
11 it 12 .

he could see the rows of nests and the beautiful brown eggs in them . 
1 he 2 could
2 could 5 rows
3 see 5 rows
4 the 5 rows
5 rows 6 of
5 rows 7 nests
7 nests 8 and
7 nests 10 beautiful
7 nests 11 brown
7 nests 12 eggs
7 nests 13 in
7 nests 14 them
9 the 10 beautiful
14 them 15 .

[jimmy] [skunk] [couldn't] [climb] [,] [and] [so] [he] [could] [have] [gotten] [only] [the] [eggs] [in] [the] [lower] [nests] [.] 

he hadn't been there , and he couldn't go now , because it was daylight . 
1 he 8 couldn't
2 hadn't 3 been
2 hadn't 8 couldn't
3 been 4 there
5 , 6 and
5 , 7 he
7 he 8 couldn't
8 couldn't 9 go
8 couldn't 12 because
9 go 10 now
10 now 11 ,
12 because 15 daylight
13 it 14 was
14 was 15 daylight
15 daylight 16 .

it made him more and more uneasy and fidgety . 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
3 him 9 fidgety
4 more 9 fidgety
5 and 9 fidgety
6 more 9 fidgety
7 uneasy 9 fidgety
8 and 9 fidgety
9 fidgety 10 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [couldn't] [stand] [it] [.] 

" what all am the matter with yo ' ? " she snapped . 
1 " 13 snapped
2 what 3 all
2 what 4 am
2 what 6 matter
5 the 6 matter
6 matter 7 with
6 matter 8 yo
8 yo 9 '
8 yo 13 snapped
10 ? 11 "
10 ? 12 she
10 ? 13 snapped
13 snapped 14 .

" ah do wish yo ' would keep still a minute ! " 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 5 yo
2 ah 12 !
3 do 4 wish
4 wish 5 yo
5 yo 6 '
5 yo 8 keep
5 yo 11 minute
7 would 8 keep
8 keep 9 still
10 a 11 minute
12 ! 13 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [muttered] [something] [,] [but] [all] [that] [mrs] [possum] [could] [hear] [was] ["] [eggs] [.] ["] 

" now don't yo'all get to thinking of such foolishness as eggs , " she commanded . 
1 " 4 yo'all
2 now 4 yo'all
3 don't 4 yo'all
4 yo'all 5 get
4 yo'all 7 thinking
4 yo'all 9 such
4 yo'all 10 foolishness
5 get 6 to
7 thinking 8 of
10 foolishness 11 as
10 foolishness 12 eggs
10 foolishness 16 commanded
10 foolishness 17 .
13 , 16 commanded
14 " 16 commanded
15 she 16 commanded

" it [isn't] [safe] to be [snooping] [around] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [when] [there] ['s] [snow] [on] [the] [ground] . 
1 " 2 it
2 it 6 be
5 to 6 be
6 be 20 .

yo ' just fo'get all about eggs ! 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 4 fo'get
3 just 4 fo'get
4 fo'get 5 all
4 fo'get 6 about
4 fo'get 7 eggs
4 fo'get 8 !

do [yo] ' [hear] what [ah] say ? ["] 
1 do 8 ?
3 ' 5 what
5 what 7 say
5 what 8 ?

[unc] ['] [billy] [nodded] [that] [he] [did] [.] 

but just the same he couldn't think of anything else . 
1 but 6 couldn't
2 just 4 same
2 just 6 couldn't
3 the 4 same
5 he 6 couldn't
6 couldn't 7 think
6 couldn't 10 else
7 think 8 of
9 anything 10 else
10 else 11 .

just [the] [same] , [unc] ' [billy] [felt] that he [had] got to have a nice fresh egg . 
1 just 12 got
4 , 6 '
4 , 10 he
6 ' 9 that
10 he 12 got
12 got 13 to
12 got 17 fresh
13 to 14 have
14 have 15 a
16 nice 17 fresh
17 fresh 18 egg
17 fresh 19 .

he had got to have it . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 got
3 got 4 to
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 it
6 it 7 .

that is all there was about it . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 all
3 all 6 about
4 there 5 was
4 there 6 about
6 about 7 it
6 about 8 .

" where are [yo] ['] going ? " demanded [mrs] [possum] . 
1 " 9 demanded
2 where 6 going
2 where 7 ?
3 are 6 going
7 ? 8 "
7 ? 9 demanded
9 demanded 12 .

" [just] [to] [stretch] [the] [kinks] out [of] [mah] [legs] , " replied [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 13 replied
7 out 11 ,
11 , 12 "
12 " 13 replied
13 replied 17 .

[old] [mrs] [possum] [looked] [after] [him] [suspiciously] [.] 

" don't yo ' go fo ' to do any foolishness ! " she called . 
1 " 2 don't
2 don't 6 fo
3 yo 4 '
3 yo 6 fo
5 go 6 fo
6 fo 7 '
6 fo 11 foolishness
8 to 9 do
9 do 11 foolishness
10 any 11 foolishness
11 foolishness 15 called
11 foolishness 16 .
12 ! 13 "
12 ! 15 called
14 she 15 called

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [answer] [.] 

he was on his way to [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 
1 he 2 was
1 he 4 his
2 was 3 on
4 his 5 way
5 way 6 to

[xvi] 

[why] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [didn't] [go] [home] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [had] [a] [very] [good] [reason] [for] [not] [going] [home] [,] [a] [very] [good] [reason] [,] [indeed] [.] 

even [old] [mrs] [possum] [would] [have] [thought] [it] [was] a [good] [reason] [,] [could] [she] [have] [known] [it] [.] 
1 even 10 a

sometimes he felt little shivers of fear run all over him as he thought of what might become of him if he should be found . 
1 sometimes 5 shivers
2 he 3 felt
3 felt 5 shivers
4 little 5 shivers
5 shivers 6 of
5 shivers 7 fear
5 shivers 8 run
5 shivers 9 all
5 shivers 10 over
5 shivers 11 him
5 shivers 13 he
5 shivers 14 thought
5 shivers 20 him
12 as 13 he
14 thought 15 of
14 thought 17 might
16 what 17 might
17 might 18 become
18 become 19 of
20 him 22 he
20 him 26 .
21 if 22 he
22 he 25 found
23 should 24 be
24 be 25 found

now [unc] ['] [billy] was [very] [,] [very] [crafty] [.] 
1 now 5 was

but [with] [all] [his] [craft] [,] there was one thing [that] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] . 
1 but 7 there
7 there 8 was
7 there 9 one
9 one 10 thing
10 thing 16 .

yes , [sir] , [there] [was] [one] [thing] [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] all about [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 13 all
13 all 14 about

he forgot to keep his tail up . 
1 he 2 forgot
2 forgot 4 keep
2 forgot 5 his
3 to 4 keep
5 his 6 tail
6 tail 7 up
6 tail 8 .

[[] [illustration] [:] [he] [just] [ate] [and] [ate] [until] [he] [couldn't] [eat] [another] [one] [.] []] 

when [unc] ['] [billy] was [safely] in the [hen-house] [,] [he] [hurried] [from] [one] [nest] [to] [another] [.] 
1 when 5 was
5 was 7 in
7 in 8 the

there were eggs , plenty of them . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 5 plenty
3 eggs 4 ,
3 eggs 5 plenty
5 plenty 6 of
6 of 7 them
7 them 8 .

it seemed to him that nothing he had ever seen before had looked half so good as those eggs . 
1 it 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 him
2 seemed 5 that
2 seemed 6 nothing
6 nothing 10 seen
7 he 8 had
8 had 10 seen
9 ever 10 seen
10 seen 11 before
11 before 12 had
11 before 14 half
13 looked 14 half
14 half 15 so
14 half 16 good
14 half 17 as
14 half 19 eggs
18 those 19 eggs
19 eggs 20 .

he just ate and ate and ate until he couldn't eat another one . 
1 he 7 ate
2 just 7 ate
3 ate 5 ate
4 and 5 ate
5 ate 7 ate
6 and 7 ate
7 ate 8 until
7 ate 10 couldn't
7 ate 11 eat
7 ate 12 another
9 he 10 couldn't
12 another 13 one
12 another 14 .

now a full stomach is very apt to make a sleepy head . 
1 now 4 stomach
2 a 3 full
3 full 4 stomach
4 stomach 7 apt
5 is 7 apt
6 very 7 apt
7 apt 8 to
7 apt 9 make
7 apt 11 sleepy
7 apt 12 head
9 make 10 a
12 head 13 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [that] [the] [thing] [for] [him] [to] [do] [was] [to] [hurry] [home] [as] [fast] [as] [he] [could] [go] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [.] 

no , [sir] [,] he didn't do [it] [.] 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 5 he
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 do

the hen-house was warm and here were some of the nicest nests of hay . 
1 the 2 hen-house
2 hen-house 3 was
2 hen-house 4 warm
2 hen-house 5 and
2 hen-house 6 here
2 hen-house 7 were
2 hen-house 8 some
8 some 14 hay
9 of 12 nests
10 the 11 nicest
11 nicest 12 nests
12 nests 14 hay
13 of 14 hay
14 hay 15 .

why not take a teeny , weeny nap before he started back home ? 
1 why 7 weeny
1 why 14 ?
2 not 7 weeny
3 take 7 weeny
4 a 5 teeny
5 teeny 6 ,
5 teeny 7 weeny
7 weeny 8 nap
7 weeny 9 before
7 weeny 11 started
7 weeny 12 back
7 weeny 13 home
10 he 11 started

[unc] ['] [billy] [climbed] [to] [the] [very] [last] [nest] [in] [the] [topmost] [row] [,] [way] [up] [in] [a] [dark] [corner] [.] 

it hadn't been used for a long time , but it was full of nice , soft hay . 
1 it 2 hadn't
1 it 12 was
2 hadn't 3 been
2 hadn't 8 time
4 used 7 long
5 for 7 long
6 a 7 long
7 long 8 time
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 it
11 it 12 was
12 was 13 full
13 full 14 of
13 full 18 hay
15 nice 16 ,
15 nice 18 hay
17 soft 18 hay
18 hay 19 .

he didn't open them again until he heard an angry voice right close to him . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 6 until
3 open 4 them
3 open 6 until
5 again 6 until
6 until 7 he
6 until 13 close
8 heard 11 voice
9 an 10 angry
10 angry 11 voice
11 voice 13 close
12 right 13 close
13 close 14 to
13 close 15 him
15 him 16 .

he peeped out . 
1 he 2 peeped
2 peeped 3 out
2 peeped 4 .

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 6 angry
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

yes , indeed , he was very , very angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 3 indeed
1 yes 4 ,
1 yes 6 was
1 yes 8 ,
1 yes 9 very
4 , 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 very
9 very 10 angry
10 angry 11 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [shivered] [as] [he] [listened] [.] 

then he snuggled down out of sight under the hay of the nest . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 snuggled
3 snuggled 4 down
3 snuggled 7 sight
3 snuggled 8 under
5 out 6 of
5 out 7 sight
8 under 9 the
8 under 10 hay
10 hay 13 nest
10 hay 14 .
11 of 12 the
12 the 13 nest

[xvii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lies] [low] 

farmer [brown] 's boy was angry . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 6 angry
5 was 6 angry
6 angry 7 .

yes , [sir] , he was angry . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 angry
6 was 7 angry
7 angry 8 .

there was no doubt about that . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 4 doubt
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 about
4 doubt 6 that
4 doubt 7 .

it was a terrible position to be in , right there in the hen-house , with no chance to run . 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 terrible
3 a 4 terrible
4 terrible 5 position
5 position 7 be
5 position 8 in
5 position 21 .
6 to 7 be
8 in 9 ,
8 in 14 hen-house
10 right 14 hen-house
11 there 12 in
12 in 14 hen-house
13 the 14 hen-house
14 hen-house 17 no
14 hen-house 18 chance
14 hen-house 20 run
15 , 16 with
15 , 17 no
18 chance 19 to

oh , dear ! oh , dear ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 dear
1 oh 4 !
1 oh 7 dear
1 oh 8 !
5 oh 6 ,
5 oh 7 dear

why hadn't he gone right straight back there , after eating those eggs , instead of taking a nap ? 
1 why 2 hadn't
2 hadn't 4 gone
3 he 4 gone
4 gone 19 nap
5 right 11 eating
6 straight 7 back
6 straight 8 there
6 straight 11 eating
9 , 10 after
10 after 11 eating
11 eating 13 eggs
12 those 13 eggs
13 eggs 19 nap
14 , 15 instead
15 instead 16 of
15 instead 19 nap
17 taking 19 nap
18 a 19 nap
19 nap 20 ?

but he hadn't . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 .

he had taken a nap and overslept , and here he was , right in the hen-house , in broad daylight . 
1 he 2 had
2 had 7 overslept
3 taken 7 overslept
4 a 5 nap
5 nap 6 and
5 nap 7 overslept
7 overslept 8 ,
7 overslept 10 here
7 overslept 11 he
7 overslept 12 was
7 overslept 13 ,
7 overslept 18 ,
7 overslept 22 .
8 , 9 and
14 right 17 hen-house
14 right 18 ,
15 in 17 hen-house
16 the 17 hen-house
19 in 21 daylight
20 broad 21 daylight
21 daylight 22 .

i 'll just look around a bit [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 just
3 just 7 bit
4 look 5 around
4 look 7 bit
6 a 7 bit

[unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [as] [he] [heard] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [go] [out] [.] 

" he ['ll] [find] [jimmy] [skunk] 's [tracks] , but he won't [find] [mine] [,] ["] [thought] [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 2 he
1 " 12 won't
7 's 9 ,
9 , 10 but
10 but 11 he
10 but 12 won't
12 won't 21 .

" isn't it [lucky] [that] [i] [thought] [to] [step] [right] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] 's [tracks] [when] [i] [came] here ? " 
1 " 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 it
3 it 14 's
14 's 19 here
19 here 20 ?
20 ? 21 "

he lay still and listened [to] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [poking] [around] [outside] . 
1 he 2 lay
2 lay 3 still
3 still 5 listened
4 and 5 listened
5 listened 14 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [again] [as] [he] [thought] [what] [a] [smart] [fellow] [he] [had] [been] [to] [step] [in] [jimmy] [skunk] ['s] [tracks] [.] 

" hello ! " said the voice [of] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 !
2 hello 5 said
3 ! 4 "
5 said 7 voice
5 said 13 .
6 the 7 voice

" these are [queer] [tracks] ! 
1 " 3 are
1 " 6 !
2 these 3 are

he had dragged it in the snow , and of course it had left a mark . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 dragged
3 dragged 4 it
3 dragged 7 snow
5 in 7 snow
6 the 7 snow
7 snow 9 and
7 snow 11 course
8 , 9 and
10 of 11 course
11 course 12 it
11 course 16 mark
13 had 14 left
14 left 16 mark
15 a 16 mark
16 mark 17 .

" [i] [guess] that there was [more] [than] [one] [visitor] [here] [last] [night] , " [continued] [the] [voice] [of] [farmer] [brown] 's boy [.] 
1 " 4 that
1 " 14 ,
4 that 6 was
5 there 6 was
14 , 15 "
15 " 22 's
22 's 23 boy

whoever made them must be right around here now . ["] 
1 whoever 2 made
1 whoever 3 them
1 whoever 4 must
1 whoever 6 right
4 must 5 be
6 right 8 here
6 right 9 now
7 around 8 here
9 now 10 .

back into [the] [hen-house] [came] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] and [began] [to] [poke] [around] [in] all the [corners] [.] 
1 back 2 into
2 into 17 the
10 and 16 all
16 all 17 the

he moved all the boxes and looked in the grain bin . 
1 he 2 moved
2 moved 5 boxes
2 moved 12 .
3 all 5 boxes
4 the 5 boxes
5 boxes 11 bin
6 and 7 looked
7 looked 11 bin
8 in 11 bin
9 the 11 bin
10 grain 11 bin

then he began to look in the nests . 
1 then 2 he
1 then 3 began
3 began 4 to
3 began 8 nests
5 look 8 nests
6 in 8 nests
7 the 8 nests
8 nests 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [could] [hear] [him] [coming] [nearer] [and] [nearer] [.] 

he was [looking] in the [very] next [nest] to the [one] [in] [which] [unc] ['] [billy] [was] [.] 
1 he 2 was
1 he 9 to
2 was 4 in
4 in 5 the
5 the 7 next
9 to 10 the

finally he looked into that very nest . 
1 finally 2 he
1 finally 3 looked
1 finally 7 nest
4 into 7 nest
5 that 6 very
5 that 7 nest
7 nest 8 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] [his] [breath] [.] 

" it 's queer , " said [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 " 2 it
1 " 7 said
3 's 4 queer
4 queer 5 ,
5 , 7 said
6 " 7 said
7 said 12 .

" it 's very queer ! 
1 " 2 it
1 " 6 !
3 's 5 queer
4 very 5 queer
5 queer 6 !

i guess [i] shall have to [set] [some] [traps] . " 
1 i 2 guess
1 i 4 shall
4 shall 5 have
5 have 6 to
6 to 10 .
10 . 11 "

and all the time [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [held] his [breath] [and] [lay] [low] [.] 
1 and 2 all
1 and 10 his
2 all 3 the
2 all 4 time

[xviii] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [is] [a] [prisoner] 

" [mah] [home] is [in] a [holler] [tree] [it] ['s] [a] long way home ! 
1 " 4 is
1 " 15 !
4 is 6 a
6 a 12 long
12 long 13 way
13 way 14 home

ah [wish] [ah] ['s] [there] , but [here] [ah] be [it] 's [a] [long] [way] [home] ! 
1 ah 6 ,
1 ah 17 !
6 , 7 but
10 be 17 !
12 's 17 !

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lay] [curled] [up] [under] [the] [hay] [in] [the] [highest] [nest] [in] [the] [darkest] [corner] [in] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [didn't] [dare] [go] [to] [sleep] [,] [because] [he] [was] [afraid] [that] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [might] [find] [him] [.] 

and [,] [anyway] [,] he [wanted] to see [just] what [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] was doing . 
1 and 5 he
5 he 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 10 what
10 what 16 doing
15 was 16 doing
16 doing 17 .

so [peeping] [out] , he [watched] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [,] [who] [seemed] [to] [be] [very] [busy] [indeed] [.] 
1 so 5 he
4 , 5 he

what do you think he was doing ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 7 doing
3 you 4 think
4 think 5 he
5 he 6 was
6 was 7 doing
7 doing 8 ?

[unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] [knew] [just] [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [was] [doing] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

he was setting traps . 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 setting
3 setting 4 traps
4 traps 5 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [almost] [chuckled] [aloud] [.] 

yes , [sir] , he [almost] chuckled [aloud] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 he
5 he 7 chuckled
7 chuckled 9 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [laughed] [under] [his] [breath] [as] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [closed] [the] [door] [of] [the] [hen-house] [and] [went] [off] [whistling] [.] 

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 6 ho
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 6 ho
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

ha , ha , ha ! 
1 ha 3 ha
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 5 ha
4 , 5 ha
5 ha 6 !

hee , hee ! " 
1 hee 3 hee
2 , 3 hee
3 hee 4 !
4 ! 5 "

[unc] ['] [billy] [broke] [off] [short] [,] [right] [in] [the] [very] [middle] [of] [his] [laugh] [.] 

he had just thought of something , and it wasn't funny at all . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 3 just
1 he 4 thought
4 thought 5 of
4 thought 11 funny
6 something 11 funny
7 , 8 and
7 , 10 wasn't
8 and 9 it
9 it 10 wasn't
10 wasn't 11 funny
11 funny 13 all
11 funny 14 .
12 at 13 all

the [joke] [wasn't] [on] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy , [after] [all] [;] [it] [was] [on] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 the 8 boy
8 boy 9 ,

but [unc] ['] [billy] couldn't see that it was [any] [joke] at all [.] 
1 but 13 all
5 couldn't 6 see
5 couldn't 8 it
6 see 7 that
8 it 9 was
9 was 12 at
12 at 13 all

" it 's a [long] way [home] , " said [unc] ['] [billy] [mournfully] [,] [as] he [peeped] [out] [of] a [crack] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] . 
1 " 3 's
1 " 9 "
2 it 3 's
3 's 4 a
6 way 8 ,
8 , 9 "
9 " 10 said
10 said 17 he
10 said 27 .
17 he 21 a

[xix] 

[what] [the] [snow] [did] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [did] [a] [lot] [of] [thinking] [.] 

he was a prisoner , just as much a prisoner as if he were in a cage . 
1 he 10 prisoner
2 was 10 prisoner
3 a 10 prisoner
4 prisoner 5 ,
4 prisoner 6 just
4 prisoner 8 much
4 prisoner 10 prisoner
6 just 7 as
9 a 10 prisoner
10 prisoner 11 as
10 prisoner 15 in
11 as 12 if
12 if 13 he
12 if 14 were
15 in 17 cage
16 a 17 cage
17 cage 18 .

if it hadn't [been] [for] [those] [two] [worries] , [unc] ['] [billy] would have been willing to stay there the rest of the winter . 
1 if 3 hadn't
2 it 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 15 been
9 , 13 would
13 would 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 16 willing
16 willing 17 to
16 willing 18 stay
18 stay 19 there
18 stay 21 rest
20 the 21 rest
21 rest 22 of
21 rest 24 winter
23 the 24 winter
24 winter 25 .

it was delightfully warm and cosy . 
1 it 6 cosy
2 was 6 cosy
3 delightfully 4 warm
3 delightfully 6 cosy
5 and 6 cosy
6 cosy 7 .

[having] [all] [the] [eggs] [he] [could] [eat] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] [had] [grown] [very] [particular] [.] 

nothing but the best , the very best , would do for him . 
1 nothing 2 but
1 nothing 11 do
1 nothing 12 for
2 but 3 the
4 best 8 best
5 , 6 the
6 the 8 best
7 very 8 best
8 best 9 ,
8 best 11 do
10 would 11 do
12 for 13 him
13 him 14 .

" [cut] , [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut] [,] [cut-aa-cut] ! 
1 " 3 ,
1 " 13 !

[i] [lay] [the] [finest] [eggs] [in] [the] [world] [!] ["] 

no [one] [lays] such [splendid] [eggs] as [i] [do] [!] ["] 
1 no 4 such
4 such 7 as

sometimes [the] [door] [was] [left] [open] [during] [the] [day] , and [unc] ['] [billy] [would] [peep] out [and] [wish] [that] he [dared] [to] [run] [.] 
1 sometimes 21 he
10 , 11 and
10 , 21 he
11 and 17 out

at last one day it began to snow . 
1 at 2 last
2 last 4 day
3 one 4 day
4 day 6 began
4 day 8 snow
5 it 6 began
6 began 7 to
8 snow 9 .

it snowed all day and it snowed all night . 
1 it 7 snowed
2 snowed 3 all
2 snowed 7 snowed
4 day 7 snowed
5 and 7 snowed
6 it 7 snowed
7 snowed 8 all
7 snowed 9 night
9 night 10 .

[rough] [brother] [north] [wind] [piled] [it] [up] [in] [great] [drifts] [in] [front] [of] [the] [hen-house] [door] [and] [all] [along] [one] [side] [of] [the] [hen-house] [.] 

it covered the traps so deep that they couldn't possibly catch any one . 
1 it 2 covered
2 covered 4 traps
3 the 4 traps
4 traps 5 so
4 traps 6 deep
4 traps 8 they
4 traps 10 possibly
7 that 8 they
9 couldn't 10 possibly
10 possibly 11 catch
10 possibly 12 any
12 any 13 one
12 any 14 .

[xx] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [wishes] [he] [had] [snowshoes] 

usually he dislikes the snow very much , and doesn't go out in it any more than he has to . 
1 usually 3 dislikes
2 he 3 dislikes
3 dislikes 5 snow
3 dislikes 6 very
3 dislikes 7 much
3 dislikes 8 ,
3 dislikes 9 and
3 dislikes 14 it
3 dislikes 17 than
4 the 5 snow
10 doesn't 11 go
10 doesn't 14 it
11 go 12 out
12 out 13 in
15 any 16 more
16 more 17 than
17 than 18 he
17 than 21 .
18 he 19 has
19 has 20 to

but this time [the] [snow] had [done] [unc] ['] [billy] [a] [good] [turn] [,] [a] [very] [good] [turn] [,] [indeed] [.] 
1 but 2 this
2 this 3 time
3 time 6 had

once [out] [of] [the] [hen-house] , [unc] ' [billy] [lost] [no] [time] [in] [starting] [for] the [green] [forest] . 
1 once 6 ,
6 , 8 '
8 ' 16 the
16 the 19 .

but it was slow , hard work . 
1 but 2 it
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 slow
4 slow 5 ,
4 slow 7 work
6 hard 7 work
7 work 8 .

you see , the snow was newly fallen and very soft . 
1 you 2 see
2 see 7 newly
3 , 7 newly
4 the 5 snow
5 snow 7 newly
6 was 7 newly
7 newly 8 fallen
7 newly 10 very
7 newly 11 soft
8 fallen 9 and
11 soft 12 .

of [course] [unc] ['] [billy] [sank] [into] it [almost] [up] to his [middle] [at] [every] [step] . 
1 of 8 it
1 of 17 .
8 it 11 to
11 to 12 his

he huffed and he puffed and he grunted and groaned . 
1 he 2 huffed
2 huffed 3 and
2 huffed 4 he
2 huffed 5 puffed
2 huffed 6 and
2 huffed 7 he
2 huffed 8 grunted
8 grunted 9 and
8 grunted 10 groaned
8 grunted 11 .

now [it] [never] [does] [to] let [one] ['s] [wits] go to [sleep] . 
1 now 6 let
6 let 10 go
10 go 11 to
11 to 13 .

some folks call it forgetting , but forgetting is nothing but sleepy wits . 
1 some 2 folks
2 folks 8 forgetting
3 call 4 it
3 call 8 forgetting
5 forgetting 8 forgetting
6 , 7 but
6 , 8 forgetting
8 forgetting 10 nothing
8 forgetting 12 sleepy
9 is 10 nothing
10 nothing 11 but
12 sleepy 13 wits
12 sleepy 14 .

and sleepy wits get more people into trouble than anything else in the world . 
1 and 2 sleepy
2 sleepy 3 wits
2 sleepy 15 .
3 wits 8 trouble
3 wits 10 anything
4 get 8 trouble
5 more 8 trouble
6 people 8 trouble
7 into 8 trouble
9 than 10 anything
10 anything 11 else
11 else 14 world
12 in 14 world
13 the 14 world

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [wits] [were] [asleep] [when] [he] [left] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [.] 

if they hadn't been , he would have remembered this little saying : 
1 if 2 they
1 if 3 hadn't
3 hadn't 4 been
3 hadn't 9 remembered
5 , 6 he
6 he 7 would
6 he 9 remembered
7 would 8 have
9 remembered 10 this
9 remembered 12 saying
10 this 11 little
12 saying 13 :

[but] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [wits] [certainly] [were] [asleep] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] [forgot] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

what did he forget ? 
1 what 2 did
1 what 5 ?
2 did 4 forget
3 he 4 forget

[[] [illustration] [:] [there] [all] [the] [way] [from] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [hen-house] [was] [a] [broad] [trail] [in] [the] [smooth] [white] [snow] [.] []] 

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [behind] [him] [,] [and] [he] [turned] [pale] [.] 

yes , [sir] , [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [turned] [pale] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

" oh , dear ! 
1 " 2 oh
2 oh 3 ,
2 oh 4 dear
2 oh 5 !

oh , dear ! 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 dear
1 oh 4 !

whatever did [ah] [leave] [the] [hen-house] [for] [?] ["] [wailed] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 whatever 2 did

his wits were all wide awake now . 
1 his 2 wits
2 wits 3 were
2 wits 4 all
2 wits 6 awake
5 wide 6 awake
6 awake 7 now
7 now 8 .

it wouldn't do to go back . 
1 it 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 do
2 wouldn't 5 go
4 to 5 go
5 go 6 back
6 back 7 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [would] see [that] [he] [had] [gone] [back] , and [then] [he] [would] [hunt] [that] [hen-house] [through] [until] [he] [found] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 13 and
6 see 12 ,
12 , 13 and

[unc] ['] [billy] [drew] [a] [long] [breath] [and] [began] [to] [wade] [ahead] [toward] [the] [green] [forest] [.] 

" if [ah] [only] [had] [snowshoes] ! " he [panted] . 
1 " 2 if
1 " 7 !
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 9 he
9 he 11 .

" if [ah] [only] [had] [snowshoes] [like] [mrs] [grouse] . " 
1 " 2 if
1 " 11 "
10 . 11 "

[xxi] 

[farmer] [brown's] [boy] [chops] [down] [a] [tree] 

" [there] [was] [an] [old] [possum] [lived] up [in] [a] [tree] [;] [hi] , [ho] [,] see [the] [chips] [fly] ! 
1 " 14 ,
1 " 21 !
8 up 14 ,
17 see 21 !

the [sliest] old [thief] [that] [you] [ever] [did] [see] [;] [hi] [,] [ho] [,] [see] [the] [chips] [fly] [!] 
1 the 3 old

hi , ho , see the chips fly ! " 
1 hi 7 chips
1 hi 9 !
2 , 3 ho
3 ho 4 ,
3 ho 7 chips
5 see 7 chips
6 the 7 chips
7 chips 8 fly
9 ! 10 "

farmer [brown] 's boy sang as he swung his keen axe , and the chips did fly . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 15 chips
5 sang 15 chips
6 as 7 he
6 as 8 swung
8 swung 10 keen
9 his 10 keen
10 keen 15 chips
11 axe 12 ,
11 axe 13 and
11 axe 15 chips
14 the 15 chips
15 chips 16 did
15 chips 17 fly
15 chips 18 .

they flew out on the white snow in all directions . 
1 they 2 flew
2 flew 3 out
3 out 10 directions
4 on 5 the
5 the 7 snow
6 white 7 snow
7 snow 10 directions
8 in 10 directions
9 all 10 directions
10 directions 11 .

and the [louder] [farmer] [brown] ['s] boy [sang] , [the] [faster] [the] [chips] [flew] [.] 
1 and 2 the
2 the 7 boy
7 boy 9 ,

he didn't have the least doubt about it , and that is [why] [he] [sang] [as] [he] [made] [the] [chips] [fly] . 
1 he 2 didn't
2 didn't 3 have
2 didn't 5 least
4 the 5 least
5 least 6 doubt
6 doubt 7 about
7 about 8 it
8 it 12 is
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 that
11 that 12 is
12 is 22 .

he [had] [tracked] [that] [possum] [right] up [to] [that] [tree] , and [there] [were] [no] [tracks] [going] [away] [from] it . 
1 he 7 up
7 up 12 and
11 , 12 and
12 and 20 it
20 it 21 .

right up [near] [the] [top] [he] [could] [see] [a] [hollow] [,] [just] [such] [a] [hollow] [as] [a] [possum] [likes] [.] 
1 right 2 up

all [he] [had] [to] [do] [was] [to] [cut] the [tree] [down] [and] [split] [it] open [,] [and] [mr] [possum] [would] [be] [his] [.] 
1 all 9 the
9 the 15 open

of course [it] [was] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [whose] [tracks] he had followed . 
1 of 2 course
1 of 14 .
2 course 11 he
11 he 12 had
12 had 13 followed

he had seen them [outside] [of] [the] [hen-house] [,] just as [unc] ['] [billy] had been afraid that he would . 
1 he 2 had
1 he 10 just
2 had 3 seen
3 seen 4 them
10 just 11 as
11 as 15 had
15 had 16 been
16 been 17 afraid
17 afraid 20 would
17 afraid 21 .
18 that 20 would
19 he 20 would

he couldn't very well have helped it , those tracks were so very plain to be seen . 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 6 helped
3 very 4 well
4 well 5 have
5 have 6 helped
6 helped 7 it
6 helped 10 tracks
6 helped 18 .
7 it 8 ,
9 those 10 tracks
10 tracks 11 were
10 tracks 14 plain
12 so 14 plain
13 very 14 plain
14 plain 17 seen
15 to 16 be
16 be 17 seen

that had been a long , [hard] [,] [anxious] [journey] [for] [unc] ' [billy] [from] [farmer] [brown] 's [hen-house] to the [green] [forest] [.] 
1 that 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 5 long
4 a 5 long
5 long 6 ,
6 , 13 '
13 ' 21 the
18 's 20 to
20 to 21 the

the snow was so deep that he could hardly wade through it . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 3 was
2 snow 5 deep
2 snow 13 .
3 was 4 so
5 deep 10 wade
6 that 10 wade
7 he 8 could
8 could 10 wade
9 hardly 10 wade
10 wade 11 through
10 wade 12 it

when he reached that hollow tree , he was so tired that it was all he could do to climb it . 
1 when 3 reached
2 he 3 reached
3 reached 5 hollow
4 that 5 hollow
5 hollow 6 tree
5 hollow 20 climb
6 tree 7 ,
8 he 20 climb
9 was 11 tired
10 so 11 tired
11 tired 20 climb
12 that 14 was
12 that 15 all
12 that 16 he
13 it 14 was
16 he 20 climb
17 could 18 do
17 could 20 climb
19 to 20 climb
20 climb 21 it
20 climb 22 .

of course it wasn't his own hollow tree , where [old] [mrs] [possum] [and] [the] [eight] [little] [possums] lived . 
1 of 2 course
2 course 4 wasn't
3 it 4 wasn't
4 wasn't 7 hollow
5 his 6 own
5 his 7 hollow
7 hollow 8 tree
7 hollow 20 .
8 tree 9 ,
8 tree 10 where
10 where 19 lived

he [knew] [better] [than] to go there , [leaving] a [plain] [track] [for] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] to [follow] . 
1 he 5 to
5 to 6 go
6 go 7 there
6 go 18 to
7 there 10 a
8 , 10 a
18 to 20 .

so he had been very thankful to climb up this hollow tree . 
1 so 6 thankful
2 he 3 had
3 had 4 been
4 been 5 very
5 very 6 thankful
6 thankful 8 climb
7 to 8 climb
8 climb 9 up
8 climb 10 this
8 climb 12 tree
11 hollow 12 tree
12 tree 13 .

and , just as he had [feared] [,] [there] [was] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] . 
1 and 3 just
2 , 3 just
3 just 4 as
4 as 5 he
5 he 6 had
6 had 15 .

chop , chop , chop ! 
1 chop 2 ,
1 chop 3 chop
3 chop 4 ,
3 chop 5 chop
5 chop 6 !

the snow was covered with chips now . 
1 the 2 snow
2 snow 6 chips
3 was 4 covered
4 covered 5 with
4 covered 6 chips
6 chips 7 now
7 now 8 .

chop , chop , chop ! 
1 chop 2 ,
1 chop 3 chop
3 chop 4 ,
3 chop 5 chop
5 chop 6 !

the tree began to shiver and then to shake . 
1 the 2 tree
2 tree 3 began
2 tree 10 .
3 began 4 to
3 began 9 shake
5 shiver 9 shake
6 and 7 then
7 then 9 shake
8 to 9 shake

cra-a-ck ! 
1 cra-a-ck 2 !

with a great crash over it went ! 
1 with 4 crash
2 a 4 crash
3 great 4 crash
4 crash 5 over
4 crash 7 went
4 crash 8 !
5 over 6 it

but he didn't run out . 
1 but 3 didn't
2 he 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 run
4 run 5 out
4 run 6 .

farmer [brown] 's boy [rapped] [on] [the] [tree] [with] [the] [handle] [of] his [axe] [,] [but] [no] [one] [ran] [out] . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 13 his
13 his 21 .

and as he chopped , he began to sing again . 
1 and 4 chopped
2 as 4 chopped
3 he 4 chopped
4 chopped 5 ,
4 chopped 7 began
4 chopped 9 sing
4 chopped 10 again
6 he 7 began
7 began 8 to
10 again 11 .

pretty soon he had split the tree wide open . 
1 pretty 2 soon
1 pretty 5 split
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 split
5 split 8 wide
6 the 7 tree
7 tree 8 wide
8 wide 9 open
8 wide 10 .

in the [bottom] of the [hollow] was an old [nest] [of] [chatterer] the [red] [squirrel] [,] [and] [that] [was] [all] [.] 
1 in 2 the
1 in 13 the
2 the 4 of
4 of 5 the
5 the 9 old
7 was 8 an
8 an 9 old

farmer [brown] 's boy rubbed his eyes and stared and stared and stared . 
1 farmer 3 's
1 farmer 4 boy
4 boy 5 rubbed
5 rubbed 6 his
5 rubbed 7 eyes
5 rubbed 13 stared
8 and 9 stared
9 stared 11 stared
10 and 11 stared
11 stared 13 stared
12 and 13 stared
13 stared 14 .

there were [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [tracks] [leading] [straight] [up] [to] [that] [tree] [and] none [leading] [away] . 
1 there 2 were
1 there 15 none
15 none 18 .

did that [possum] [have] [wings] ? 
1 did 2 that
1 did 6 ?

[xxii] 

[where] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [was] 

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

that is [what] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [wanted] to know . 
1 that 2 is
2 is 9 to
9 to 10 know
9 to 11 .

that [is] [what] [bowser] [the] [hound] wanted to know . 
1 that 7 wanted
7 wanted 8 to
7 wanted 9 know
9 know 10 .

where was [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ? 
1 where 2 was
1 where 7 ?

" you [certainly] did , [unc] ' [billy] ! 
1 " 2 you
1 " 4 did
1 " 9 !
5 , 7 '
7 ' 9 !

how did you do it ? " asked a voice right over [unc] ['] [billy] 's head . 
1 how 2 did
1 how 3 you
1 how 4 do
4 do 5 it
4 do 6 ?
6 ? 7 "
6 ? 8 asked
8 asked 10 voice
8 asked 18 .
9 a 10 voice
10 voice 11 right
11 right 12 over
16 's 17 head
17 head 18 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [up] [in] [surprise] [.] 

there was [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 the

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [.] 

" ah [just] [naturally] [expected] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [have] [visitors] , and so [ah] [prepared] [a] [little] [surprise] [.] 
1 " 2 ah
2 ah 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 so

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [prepare] [a] [little] [surprise] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,

yo ' see , mah tracks in the snow was powerful plain . 
1 yo 2 '
1 yo 5 mah
3 see 4 ,
3 see 5 mah
5 mah 11 powerful
6 tracks 9 snow
6 tracks 11 powerful
7 in 9 snow
8 the 9 snow
9 snow 10 was
11 powerful 12 plain
12 plain 13 .

yes , [sah] , they [sho'ly] [was] [!] 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 5 they

yes , [sah] , [ah] [done] [get] so [anxious] [ah] [just] couldn't get [any] [rest] in [mah] [mind] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 4 ,
4 , 8 so
8 so 12 couldn't
12 couldn't 13 get
13 get 16 in
16 in 19 .

sho ' enough , just before sundown , here he comes . 
1 sho 2 '
1 sho 3 enough
1 sho 4 ,
1 sho 5 just
1 sho 7 sundown
6 before 7 sundown
7 sundown 8 ,
7 sundown 9 here
7 sundown 10 he
7 sundown 11 comes
7 sundown 12 .

" so this is whar yo ' [live] [,] is it [,] [mistah] [possum] ? 
1 " 5 whar
2 so 5 whar
3 this 5 whar
4 is 5 whar
5 whar 6 yo
5 whar 15 ?
6 yo 7 '
7 ' 10 is
10 is 11 it

ah reckon [bowser] [and] [ah] ['ll] [make] [yo] ['] [a] [call] [to-morrow] [.] ["] 
1 ah 2 reckon

" [when] [i] [heard] [him] say [that] , [ah] [felt] [right] [bad] [.] 
1 " 6 say
6 say 8 ,

yes , [sah] [,] [ah] [sho'ly] did [feel] [right] [smart] [bad] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 7 did
7 did 12 .

[ah] [studied] [and] [ah] [studied] [how] [ah] [was] [gwine] [to] [fool] [farmer] [brown] ['s] [boy] [and] [bowser] [the] [hound] [.] 

ah [done] [wish] [ah] [had] [wings] [like] [yo] ' [and] [brer] [buzzard] [.] 
1 ah 9 '

" so [po] ['] [ol] ['] [unc] ['] [billy] [sat] [studying] [and] [studying] [and] [getting] [mo] ['] [and] [mo] ['] [troubled] [in] [his] [mind] [.] 
1 " 2 so

ah didn't waste no mo ' time studying . 
1 ah 5 mo
2 didn't 5 mo
3 waste 5 mo
4 no 5 mo
5 mo 6 '
5 mo 8 studying
5 mo 9 .
7 time 8 studying

no , [sah] [,] [ah] [just] [moved] right away , and [here] [ah] [am] . " 
1 no 2 ,
2 , 16 "
8 right 9 away
8 right 16 "
9 away 11 and
10 , 11 and
15 . 16 "

" and you didn't [leave] [any] [tracks] , [and] you didn't have [any] [wings] , " said [tommy] [tit] the [chickadee] . 
1 " 3 you
1 " 4 didn't
1 " 17 said
2 and 3 you
8 , 10 you
8 , 17 said
10 you 12 have
11 didn't 12 have
15 , 16 "
16 " 17 said
17 said 20 the
17 said 22 .

" [dee] [,] dee , dee ! " [laughed] [tommy] [tit] [merrily] [.] 
1 " 6 dee
4 dee 5 ,
4 dee 6 dee
6 dee 7 !
7 ! 8 "

" [be] [patient] , [unc] ' [billy] [,] and [perhaps] you will . " 
1 " 14 "
4 , 6 '
4 , 14 "
6 ' 12 will
9 and 11 you
11 you 12 will
13 . 14 "

[xxiii] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [makes] [an] [unexpected] [call] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [likes] [the] [snow] [.] 

he always has liked the snow . 
1 he 4 liked
2 always 3 has
2 always 4 liked
4 liked 6 snow
5 the 6 snow
6 snow 7 .

it makes him feel frisky . 
1 it 2 makes
2 makes 5 frisky
3 him 5 frisky
4 feel 5 frisky
5 frisky 6 .

when his feet get cold , all he has to do is to scamper up a tree and warm them in his own fur coat . 
1 when 5 cold
2 his 3 feet
3 feet 5 cold
4 get 5 cold
5 cold 6 ,
5 cold 7 all
5 cold 19 warm
8 he 14 scamper
9 has 14 scamper
10 to 14 scamper
11 do 14 scamper
12 is 14 scamper
13 to 14 scamper
14 scamper 17 tree
14 scamper 19 warm
15 up 17 tree
16 a 17 tree
17 tree 18 and
19 warm 24 fur
20 them 24 fur
21 in 24 fur
22 his 23 own
23 own 24 fur
24 fur 25 coat
24 fur 26 .

[happy] [jack] [didn't] [know] [anything] [about] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] ['s] [troubles] [.] 

after frisking about he would stop to rest . 
1 after 2 frisking
2 frisking 3 about
2 frisking 4 he
2 frisking 5 would
2 frisking 6 stop
2 frisking 7 to
2 frisking 8 rest
8 rest 9 .

his beautiful , great gray tail would be arched up over his back . 
1 his 2 beautiful
1 his 9 arched
1 his 14 .
3 , 9 arched
4 great 9 arched
5 gray 9 arched
6 tail 9 arched
7 would 8 be
7 would 9 arched
9 arched 10 up
9 arched 11 over
9 arched 12 his
9 arched 13 back

farmer [brown] ['s] [boy] [called] [it] [barking] [,] [but] [it] [was] [happy] [jack] ['s] way of shouting . 
1 farmer 17 shouting
15 way 16 of
15 way 17 shouting
17 shouting 18 .

" [i] love [to] [romp] ! 
1 " 6 !
3 love 6 !

i love to play ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 4 play
2 love 5 !
3 to 4 play

i 'm happy , happy , all the day ! 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 5 happy
3 happy 5 happy
4 , 5 happy
5 happy 9 day
5 happy 10 !
6 , 7 all
7 all 9 day
8 the 9 day

i love the snow , so soft and white ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 4 snow
2 love 10 !
3 the 4 snow
4 snow 5 ,
4 snow 6 so
4 snow 7 soft
4 snow 8 and
4 snow 9 white

i love the sun that shines so bright ! 
1 i 2 love
2 love 6 shines
3 the 4 sun
4 sun 6 shines
5 that 6 shines
6 shines 7 so
6 shines 8 bright
6 shines 9 !

i love [the] [whole] [world] [,] [for] [,] you [see] [,] [the] world is very good to me ! " 
1 i 2 love
2 love 9 you
9 you 20 "
13 world 14 is
14 is 15 very
15 very 16 good
16 good 19 !
17 to 18 me
18 me 19 !
19 ! 20 "

" hello ! " exclaimed [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 5 exclaimed
3 ! 4 "
3 ! 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 8 .

" that 's [one] [of] [the] [old] [storehouses] [of] my cousin [,] [chatterer] [the] [red] [squirrel] ! 
1 " 3 's
1 " 17 !
2 that 3 's
10 my 11 cousin
10 my 17 !

i 've got [an] [old] [storehouse] near here , and [i] [guess] [i] 'll see if [i] [have] [left] [any] [nuts] [in] it . " 
1 i 2 've
1 i 14 'll
2 've 3 got
3 got 10 and
7 near 8 here
8 here 9 ,
9 , 10 and
14 'll 15 see
15 see 16 if
16 if 23 it
23 it 24 .
24 . 25 "

he scampered over to another hollow tree standing near . 
1 he 2 scampered
2 scampered 3 over
2 scampered 4 to
2 scampered 5 another
2 scampered 6 hollow
2 scampered 8 standing
6 hollow 7 tree
8 standing 9 near
9 near 10 .

he [scampered] up [the] [tree] [as] [only] [happy] [jack] [can] and [whisked] [in] [at] [the] [open] [doorway] [of] [the] [hollow] [.] 
1 he 3 up
3 up 11 and

[happy] [jack] [was] [so] [surprised] [that] [he] [didn't] [know] [what] [to] [do] [for] [a] [second] [.] 

happy [jack] [was] [so] [frightened] [that] [he] [scrambled] [out] as [fast] [as] he could . 
1 happy 10 as
10 as 14 could
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 .

he could hear a [very] [angry] voice [inside] [,] [and] [in] [a] [minute] [who] [should] [appear] [at] [the] [doorway] [but] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 he 2 could
2 could 3 hear
3 hear 7 voice
4 a 7 voice

[unc] ['] [billy] [had] [been] [waked] [out] [of] [a] [sound] [sleep] [,] [and] [that] [was] [enough] [to] [make] [any] [one] [cross] [.] 

besides , he had been badly frightened , and that made him crosser still . 
1 besides 2 ,
1 besides 6 badly
3 he 4 had
4 had 5 been
5 been 6 badly
6 badly 7 frightened
6 badly 15 .
7 frightened 13 crosser
8 , 9 and
9 and 13 crosser
10 that 11 made
11 made 13 crosser
12 him 13 crosser
13 crosser 14 still

" what do you mean by [stealing] [into] [other] [folk] ['s] [houses] ? " [demanded] [happy] [jack] [,] [just] [as] angrily . 
1 " 2 what
2 what 5 mean
3 do 5 mean
4 you 5 mean
5 mean 6 by
5 mean 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 21 angrily
21 angrily 22 .

[xxiv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [helps] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
3 enough 5 make
3 enough 8 lose
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

[happy] [jack] [squirrel] [lost] [his] [.] 

it is enough to make any one lose his temper . 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
3 enough 4 to
3 enough 5 make
3 enough 8 lose
5 make 6 any
6 any 7 one
8 lose 10 temper
9 his 10 temper
10 temper 11 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [lost] [his] [.] 

and [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [sat] [in] the [doorway] of [the] [hollow] [tree] [and] [showed] his [teeth] [to] [happy] [jack] and [said] [unpleasant] [things] [.] 
1 and 8 the
8 the 10 of
10 of 16 his
16 his 21 and

it really was very dreadful the way those two did talk . 
1 it 5 dreadful
2 really 4 very
2 really 5 dreadful
3 was 4 very
5 dreadful 11 talk
6 the 7 way
7 way 11 talk
8 those 9 two
8 those 11 talk
10 did 11 talk
11 talk 12 .

pretty soon he was [laughing] just as [hard] as [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 pretty 2 soon
2 soon 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 6 just
6 just 7 as
6 just 9 as

" [ho] , ho , ho ! 
1 " 6 ho
3 , 4 ho
4 ho 6 ho
5 , 6 ho
6 ho 7 !

ha , ha , ha ! " they laughed together . 
1 ha 3 ha
2 , 3 ha
3 ha 5 ha
4 , 5 ha
5 ha 6 !
5 ha 9 laughed
6 ! 7 "
8 they 9 laughed
9 laughed 10 together
10 together 11 .

finally they had to stop for breath . 
1 finally 2 they
1 finally 5 stop
2 they 3 had
4 to 5 stop
5 stop 7 breath
6 for 7 breath
7 breath 8 .

" what are you doing [in] my [storehouse] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] ? " asked [happy] [jack] , [when] [he] [could] [stop] laughing . 
1 " 15 asked
2 what 5 doing
3 are 5 doing
4 you 5 doing
5 doing 7 my
5 doing 13 ?
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 asked
15 asked 23 laughing
18 , 23 laughing
23 laughing 24 .

happy [jack] [put] [his] [head] [on] [one] [side] [and] thought very hard [.] 
1 happy 10 thought
10 thought 12 hard
11 very 12 hard

" why don't you stay right here until [the] [snow] [goes] [,] [unc] ['] [billy] ? " he asked . 
1 " 2 why
2 why 3 don't
2 why 4 you
2 why 16 ?
4 you 5 stay
5 stay 6 right
5 stay 7 here
5 stay 8 until
16 ? 17 "
16 ? 18 he
16 ? 19 asked
19 asked 20 .

there was a [twinkle] in [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [eyes] . 
1 there 2 was
1 there 3 a
1 there 5 in
5 in 11 .

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" you 're welcome to stay as long as you like , [unc] ' [billy] , " he said . 
1 " 3 're
1 " 19 said
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 welcome
4 welcome 6 stay
5 to 6 stay
6 stay 8 long
7 as 8 long
8 long 9 as
9 as 10 you
10 you 11 like
12 , 14 '
14 ' 19 said
16 , 19 said
17 " 19 said
18 he 19 said
19 said 20 .

" you better stay right where you are , and [i] ['ll] [go] tell [old] [mrs] [possum] where you are . " 
1 " 2 you
2 you 4 stay
3 better 4 stay
4 stay 5 right
4 stay 6 where
6 where 7 you
7 you 8 are
7 you 22 "
9 , 10 and
9 , 22 "
10 and 14 tell
18 where 19 you
19 you 20 are
19 you 22 "
21 . 22 "

" thank yo ' ! 
1 " 2 thank
2 thank 3 yo
2 thank 5 !
3 yo 4 '

thank yo ' ! 
1 thank 2 yo
1 thank 4 !
2 yo 3 '

that is very kind of [yo] ['] [,] [brer] [squirrel] [.] 
1 that 2 is
2 is 3 very
3 very 4 kind
4 kind 5 of

that will be [a] [great] [help] , [fo] ' [it] will [lift] [a] [great] [load] [off] [mah] [mind] [,] " [said] [unc] ['] [billy] [.] 
1 that 3 be
2 will 3 be
3 be 20 "
7 , 9 '
7 , 20 "
9 ' 11 will

" to get yourself in trouble is a very easy thing . 
1 " 4 yourself
2 to 3 get
3 get 4 yourself
4 yourself 6 trouble
4 yourself 10 easy
4 yourself 12 .
5 in 6 trouble
7 is 10 easy
8 a 9 very
9 very 10 easy
10 easy 11 thing

i notice that to others it will always worries bring . 
1 i 10 bring
2 notice 3 that
2 notice 5 others
4 to 5 others
5 others 9 worries
6 it 7 will
6 it 9 worries
8 always 9 worries
9 worries 10 bring
10 bring 11 .

but getting out of trouble 's always quite the other way [the] [more] [you] [try] [to] [wriggle] out [,] [the] [longer] [you] [must] [stay] [.] ["] 
1 but 10 other
2 getting 3 out
2 getting 5 trouble
3 out 4 of
5 trouble 10 other
6 's 7 always
7 always 10 other
8 quite 10 other
9 the 10 other
10 other 11 way
11 way 18 out

[xxv] 

[happy] [jack] [squirrel's] [bright] [idea] 

he found [old] [mrs] [possum] [very] [much] [worried] [and] [very] [much] out of [sorts] [.] 
1 he 2 found
2 found 12 out
12 out 13 of

you see [unc] ['] [billy] had been gone a long time for him [,] [and] [she] [didn't] know what had become of him . 
1 you 2 see
1 you 18 know
2 see 13 him
6 had 7 been
6 had 8 gone
8 gone 10 long
9 a 10 long
10 long 11 time
11 time 12 for
12 for 13 him
18 know 19 what
19 what 21 become
20 had 21 become
21 become 22 of
21 become 23 him
23 him 24 .

but just as soon as she [knew] that he was [safe] , [she] [forgot] all about [how] [worried] she had been . 
1 but 2 just
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
4 soon 5 as
5 as 6 she
6 she 20 had
8 that 10 was
8 that 20 had
9 he 10 was
12 , 15 all
12 , 19 she
15 all 16 about
19 she 20 had
20 had 21 been
21 been 22 .

" yo ' tell [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [that] [ah] [don] ['] [care] [if] [he] [never] [comes] [back] [.] 
1 " 2 yo
2 yo 3 '
2 yo 4 tell

happy [jack] [chuckled] as [he] [started] [back] [to] [tell] [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [.] 
1 happy 4 as

he knew perfectly well [that] [old] [mrs] [possum] didn't mean [what] [she] [said] . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 9 didn't
2 knew 3 perfectly
3 perfectly 4 well
9 didn't 10 mean
9 didn't 14 .

he knew that [unc] ['] [billy] would [know] [that] [she] didn't mean [it] . 
1 he 2 knew
1 he 11 didn't
2 knew 3 that
2 knew 7 would
11 didn't 12 mean
11 didn't 14 .

then all of a sudden [happy] [jack] [thought] [of] [a] [way] [for] [unc] ['] [billy] [to] [get] [home] [without] [waiting] [until] [the] [snow] [melted] [away] [.] 
1 then 5 sudden
2 all 5 sudden
3 of 5 sudden
4 a 5 sudden

that might be a very long time , for there was a great deal of snow on the ground . 
1 that 2 might
2 might 3 be
2 might 14 deal
4 a 6 long
4 a 14 deal
5 very 6 long
6 long 7 time
7 time 8 ,
7 time 9 for
10 there 11 was
10 there 14 deal
12 a 14 deal
13 great 14 deal
14 deal 15 of
14 deal 16 snow
16 snow 19 ground
17 on 19 ground
18 the 19 ground
19 ground 20 .

what do you suppose [gave] [happy] [jack] [his] [idea] ? 
1 what 2 do
1 what 10 ?
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 suppose

why , [a] [tiny] [little] [snowflake] [that] [hit] [happy] [jack] [right] [on] the [end] of his [nose] [!] 
1 why 2 ,
2 , 13 the
13 the 15 of
15 of 16 his

yes , [sir] [,] it was [that] [tiny] [little] [snowflake] [that] [gave] [happy] [jack] [squirrel] his [bright] [idea] . 
1 yes 2 ,
1 yes 5 it
5 it 6 was
6 was 16 his
16 his 19 .

he [hurried] [back] [to] [the] [hollow] [tree] [where] [unc] ['] [billy] was [hiding] and [scrambled] [up] to the [doorway] [.] 
1 he 12 was
1 he 17 to
12 was 14 and
17 to 18 the

" hello , [unc] ['] [billy] ! 
1 " 2 hello
2 hello 3 ,
2 hello 7 !

you can go home to-night ! " he shouted . 
1 you 2 can
2 can 5 to-night
3 go 4 home
4 home 5 to-night
5 to-night 9 shouted
5 to-night 10 .
6 ! 7 "
6 ! 9 shouted
8 he 9 shouted

[unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [stuck] [his] [head] [out] [of] [the] [doorway] [.] 

" what 's [that] [yo] ['] say , [brer] [squirrel] ? " he said . 
1 " 2 what
1 " 14 said
2 what 3 's
7 say 8 ,
7 say 11 ?
11 ? 12 "
12 " 14 said
13 he 14 said
14 said 15 .

" just look [up] [in] [the] [sky] , [unc] ' [billy] ! " said [happy] [jack] . 
1 " 3 look
1 " 14 said
2 just 3 look
8 , 10 '
8 , 13 "
10 ' 12 !
13 " 14 said
14 said 17 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [looked] [.] 

the sky was full of dancing snowflakes . 
1 the 2 sky
2 sky 3 was
2 sky 7 snowflakes
4 full 5 of
4 full 7 snowflakes
6 dancing 7 snowflakes
7 snowflakes 8 .

they got in his eyes and clung to his whiskers . 
1 they 2 got
2 got 10 whiskers
3 in 4 his
4 his 10 whiskers
5 eyes 10 whiskers
6 and 7 clung
7 clung 8 to
7 clung 10 whiskers
9 his 10 whiskers
10 whiskers 11 .

[unc] ['] [billy] [shook] [his] [head] [in] [disgust] [.] 

" ah [don] ' see [anything] [but] [mo] ' [snow] , and [yo] ' know [ah] [don] ' [like] [snow] [!] ["] he said . 
1 " 2 ah
1 " 24 said
4 ' 5 see
4 ' 9 '
9 ' 24 said
11 , 12 and
11 , 24 said
14 ' 15 know
14 ' 18 '
18 ' 24 said
23 he 24 said
24 said 25 .

" what [yo] ['] [driving] [at] , [brer] [squirrel] ? " 
1 " 2 what
2 what 10 ?
7 , 10 ?
10 ? 11 "

[happy] [jack] [laughed] [.] 

" why , it 's just as [simple] [as] can be , [unc] ' [billy] ! " he cried . 
1 " 2 why
1 " 19 cried
3 , 4 it
3 , 19 cried
4 it 11 be
5 's 6 just
6 just 7 as
7 as 10 can
10 can 11 be
12 , 14 '
14 ' 16 !
16 ! 17 "
17 " 19 cried
18 he 19 cried
19 cried 20 .

" just as soon as it 's [dark] , you [start] [for] [home] . 
1 " 7 's
1 " 9 ,
1 " 10 you
2 just 3 as
3 as 4 soon
4 soon 5 as
5 as 6 it
6 it 7 's
10 you 14 .

it 's going to snow all night , and in the morning there won't be any tracks . 
1 it 2 's
2 's 17 tracks
3 going 4 to
3 going 5 snow
5 snow 7 night
6 all 7 night
7 night 9 and
7 night 12 morning
8 , 9 and
10 in 12 morning
11 the 12 morning
12 morning 17 tracks
13 there 17 tracks
14 won't 15 be
14 won't 16 any
16 any 17 tracks
17 tracks 18 .

the snowflakes will have covered them all up [.] ["] 
1 the 2 snowflakes
2 snowflakes 3 will
2 snowflakes 4 have
2 snowflakes 5 covered
2 snowflakes 6 them
2 snowflakes 7 all
2 snowflakes 8 up

[unc] ['] [billy] [grinned] [.] 

" [ah] [believe] yo ' are right , [brer] [squirrel] , [ah] [believe] [yo] ' [are] right ! " said [unc] ['] [billy] . 
1 " 4 yo
1 " 20 said
4 yo 5 '
4 yo 6 are
4 yo 7 right
8 , 20 said
11 , 15 '
11 , 19 "
15 ' 18 !
17 right 18 !
19 " 20 said
20 said 24 .

so [unc] ['] [billy] [possum] [learned] [how] [easy] it is [to] [get] [into] [trouble] [and] [how] [hard] [to] [get] [out] of [it] [.] 
1 so 9 it
9 it 10 is
10 is 21 of

but he isn't the only one who has found this out . 
1 but 2 he
2 he 3 isn't
2 he 8 has
2 he 9 found
4 the 5 only
5 only 6 one
6 one 7 who
7 who 8 has
9 found 10 this
9 found 11 out
11 out 12 .

just [ask] [unc] ['] [billy] ['s] [particular] [friend] [,] [mistah] [mocker] the [mocking] [bird] [.] 
1 just 12 the

[he] [will] [tell] [you] [the] [very] [same] [thing] [.]